On 9/7/05 7:26 PM, in article ,
"Tom Jaszewski" wrote:

On Wed, 07 Sep 2005 15:41:32 -0400, Cheryl Isaak
wrote:

Hey Warren, these levees were a known problem as far back as the 70's; the
Army Corp of Engineers were warning of a potential disaster and have been
ignored by Democratic presidents as well as the Republicans ones. Where
does that fit in your scheme of things? Cause those funds have been lacking
for more than 8 years.



Data please?

That being said, yes there are idjets on both sides of the aisle!



I won't do an extensive search now as I am time limited, but I pulled Lake
Pontratrain as a report in high school science class. One source was
Scientific American (before 1976) which referenced a recent report from the
Army Corp of Engineers on the poor engineering design of the levees. What
stuck was how either a 100 year flooding of the Mississippi or a hurricane
could overflow the levees or so weaken them as to potentially destroy the
city.

I remember clearly having to write the Army Corp for a copy of the paper and
receiving it.

BTW - dang neat class - every one had to research something connected to the
Mississippi River and the subject was pulled from the teacher's hat.

Cheryl