Re: OT: Bush vs, Reality

Tim Smith wrote:
>
> In article <lW9Se.13023$aR1.7575@xxxxxxxx>,
> l e o <someone@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > By strength, I mean making it taller, and much wider and stronger to
> > withstand category 5 storm. I have no engineering knowledge but it won't
> > be cheap as the whole system is 300 miles long. Not a single President
> > suggested to spend money on it in 60 years of history. The money they
> > requested was mainly for maintenance of the levee and other drainage
> > facilities. They expected the lake would spill over, but didn't expect
> > the levee would breach. There were 4 breaches but not all of them were
> > in the list of needing to repair.
>
> For most of the 60 years, it wasn't a problem, because there was 50
> miles of wetlands between the Gulf and New Orleans. That greatly
> reduces the storm surge from such hurricanes. Now something like 60% of
> that is gone, and the rest is rapidly disappearing.
>

This USGS story and video show the before and after.

http://cbs5.com/topstories/local_story_249201758.html
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