http://donklephant.com/2007/05/07/rebuilt-levees-worse-than-before-katrina/ Big Teeth. Huge Ass. Surprisingly Reasonable. Mon, 01 Dec 2008 18:21:41 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.5 http://donklephant.com/2007/05/07/rebuilt-levees-worse-than-before-katrina/#comment-322793 Rich Horton Tue, 08 May 2007 02:08:12 +0000 http://donklephant.com/2007/05/07/rebuilt-levees-worse-than-before-katrina/#comment-322793 I'm not surprised the levees in general are in worse shape. Even places that didn't fail in 05 might have been weakened. Rebuilding the whole system will take decades not 18 months. It was criminal that the flood control system was allowed to reach the level where a glancing blow from a moderate Cat 3 storm could bring the city to its knees. I’m not surprised the levees in general are in worse shape. Even places that didn’t fail in 05 might have been weakened. Rebuilding the whole system will take decades not 18 months. It was criminal that the flood control system was allowed to reach the level where a glancing blow from a moderate Cat 3 storm could bring the city to its knees.

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