Re: Ann Rice, you whine too much...

On 29 Sep 2005 09:56:30 -0700, atl_man2@xxxxxxxxx wrote:

>
>PocoLoco wrote:
> From where do you get the idea that the Corps was responsible for the
>levees
>> that failed? The ones that failed were not on intracoastal waterways.
>> --
>> John H
>
>Doesn't matter, the Army Corp of Engineers builds more levees than just
>what's on the ICW. They build and maintain almost all the levees around
>N.O. on a federal-local cost-sharing basis.

Building a levee and being responsible for a levee are two different things.
Show me that the Corps built the canal walls that failed, or that they were
responsible for any levees that failed.
--
John H

"All decisions are the result of binary thinking."
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