Remember New Orleans?

[DinoDoc]

Originally posted by Oerdin
But the critical upgrad of the levee system had its funding slashed.

In a telephone interview with reporters, corps officials said that although portions of the flood-protection levees remain incomplete, the levees near Lake Pontchartrain that gave way--inundating much of the city--were completed and in good condition before the hurricane.
Corps officials: Funding levels not to blame for flooding

I'd also like to see the figures you got that claim from since it likely includes disaster relief money (I.E. post disaster repairs and what not).

No, It doesn't.

In Katrina's wake, Louisiana politicians and other critics have complained about paltry funding for the Army Corps in general and Louisiana projects in particular. But over the five years of President Bush's administration, Louisiana has received far more money for Corps civil works projects than any other state, about $1.9 billion; California was a distant second with less than $1.4 billion, even though its population is more than seven times as large.

Much of that Louisiana money was spent to try to keep low-lying New Orleans dry. But hundreds of millions of dollars have gone to unrelated water projects demanded by the state's congressional delegation...

Money Flowed to Questionable Projects: State Leads in Army Corps Spending, but Millions Had Nothing to Do With Floods

[Dinner]

That was the modified (read: defunded) levee upgrades not the original one which included even stronger upgrades and, critically, restoration of eroded wetlands and coastal barrier islands to help weaken and redirect waves.

[DinoDoc]

Originally posted by Oerdin
That was the modified (read: defunded) levee upgrades not the original one which included even stronger upgrades

I call BS.
The Corps had been studying the possibility of upgrading the New Orleans levees for a higher level of protection before Katrina hit, but Woodley said that study would not have been finished for years.

, critically, restoration of eroded wetlands and coastal barrier islands to help weaken and redirect waves.

Strock has also said that the marsh-restoration project would not have done much to diminish Katrina's storm surge, which passed east of the coastal wetlands.

All from the WaPo article posted previously.

[Drake Tungsten]

Ouch...

[Ted Striker]

Originally posted by DinoDoc
I call BS.
The Corps had been studying the possibility of upgrading the New Orleans levees for a higher level of protection before Katrina hit, but Woodley said that study would not have been finished for years.Strock has also said that the marsh-restoration project would not have done much to diminish Katrina's storm surge, which passed east of the coastal wetlands.

All from the WaPo article posted previously.

Well there you go!

Another example of why privitization whoring is superior!

We should have let Halliburton upgrade the levees!

[Sandman]

It's a shame that New Orleans is being left for the archeologists. Which American city is next? Phoenix, maybe?

[Last Conformist]

When sea levels rise a few metres, you'll thank Shrub for not rebuilding New Olreans.

[Arrian]

There is plenty of blame to go around here. I loathe Bush, but a good part of this (perhaps most of it) is on the local officials. They pretty clearly suck.

Personally, though this may sound cold and impersonal, I don't really think rebuilding N.O. just as it was is a good idea.

-Arrian

[Dinner]

Grunwald seems to have picked up a right wing bias in recent years which makes his take on events suspect. Google Michael Grunwald and you'll find a series of articles attacking Hillary Clinton during her election campaign in New York along with a bunch of anti-Kerry articles from last years election.

He's an interesting article about him.

http://www.bostonphoenix.com/boston/news_features/this_just_in/documents/01290636.htm

[DinoDoc]

Lame, Oerdin. Very lame.

[Seeker]

Why couldn't it have been Detroit....no hurricanes, floods, forest fires, earthquakes, volcanoes, tsunami waves, mudslides, glaciers, avalanches waiting to happen in the detriot area....

....damn!!

[Dinner]

Originally posted by DinoDoc
Lame, Oerdin. Very lame.

But you always say that about the truth.

[DinoDoc]

Is this going to be a round where you completly ignore points that dispute your POV rather than even make a half-hearted attempt to refute them? If it is please let me know so I can get off now (If the reporter who wrote the article is such a right wing hack as you claim, it should be easy to find the inaccuracies in the piece rather than waving your arms wildly and claim that they are there).

[Dis]

I don't want to rebuild New Orleans.

[Last Conformist]

I want Dis to rebuild New Orleans!