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August 29, 2006, 12:05 pm PDT
08/28 Hurricane Katrina: One Year Later
Quote From: flthomcatLA got more federal monies than any other state! The monies were SUPPOSED to go to the levee system. It is well known that LA state and local govt is the most corrupt in the nation. The money was there; it was poorly spent and I would suspect put into the pockets of thieves in suits.
New Orleans was built on a swamp (yes, wet land). Why on Earth we built there is a mystery (or perhaps it has to do with man's arrogance when thinking that he can beat mother nature)? And on top of the geographical and mechanical problems, we have people who thought they would stay instead of evacuate even when they knew WAY in advance that the hurricane would be at least a Catagory 3 storm. Then you add state and local leaders who didn't bother to MAKE people leave (but allowed all those school busses to fill with water!) along with a disorganized and pathetic FEMA organization AND you now have a major catastrophe!
All of this created HUGE problems that the Army Corps of Engineers had NOTHING to do with!!!
Until we start placing the blame where it is due... true, postiive, lasting change won't take place! The Army Corps of Engineers didn't build the levees correct in the first place, read their own omission of guilt, what a tragedy!
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