Judge: Corps’ failure led to Katrina flooding

[CaféAuLait]

Judge: Corps’ failure led to Katrina flooding

NEW ORLEANS - A federal judge has ruled that the Army Corps of Engineers' failure to properly maintain a navigation channel led to massive flooding by Hurricane Katrina along the Gulf Coast in 2005.



Judge: Corps’ failure led to Katrina flooding - Crime & courts- msnbc.com

 

[foggedinn]

So what? What is the judge going to do about it? Maybe he'll try to order congress to appropriate funds to the Corp to pay for damages.

This case and ruling go nowhere.

 

[Yurt]

this has to be false...everyone know its all george bush's fault because he hates black people

 

[Dr.House]

this has to be false...everyone know its all george bush's fault because he hates black people

I know....

Odd, huh?

 

[WillowTree]

By contrast, the plaintiffs' team of experts said the outlet became a "hurricane highway" that funneled storm surge into New Orleans. They said that without the channel, the flooding would have been minimal.

this sounds too easy,, all the corps need do now is fill that channel up.. then no more floods to worry about.

 

[Ravi]

Judge: Corps’ failure led to Katrina flooding

NEW ORLEANS - A federal judge has ruled that the Army Corps of Engineers' failure to properly maintain a navigation channel led to massive flooding by Hurricane Katrina along the Gulf Coast in 2005.



Judge: Corps’ failure led to Katrina flooding - Crime & courts- msnbc.com

Good. This is what I've been saying all along.

 

[Old Rocks]

The Corps of Engineers failed to build strong enough.

The Bush administration when told days before the hurricane hit that the levee would fail, failed to act promptly, in fact, failed to act at all.

After the hurricane hit, again failed to act.

Sorry, but you fellows are not going to get to excuse that additional example of the rank incompetantcy of the Bush administration in every sphere.

 

[blastoff]

this has to be false...everyone know its all george bush's fault because he hates black people

Yeah, why else would W have had those explosives planted that blew up the levees protecting the hood? Gee whiz, where's this judge been? What's he got against Spike Lee anyway?

 

[Zander]

The "judge" should ask where all the money to rebuild the levees went over the years. He should try and figure out why the New Orleans Levee Board failed to fix the levees despite being provided Hundreds of Millions of federal dollars over the years. Ask them why instead opting to spend money on fixing failing levees, the blew it on frivolous crap, like the $2.4 million they spent on a "Mardi Gras Fountain". New Orleans is a corrupt cesspool.

 

[geauxtohell]

Judge: Corps’ failure led to Katrina flooding

NEW ORLEANS - A federal judge has ruled that the Army Corps of Engineers' failure to properly maintain a navigation channel led to massive flooding by Hurricane Katrina along the Gulf Coast in 2005.



Judge: Corps’ failure led to Katrina flooding - Crime & courts- msnbc.com

I could have told you that.

As for the "so what", this means that this was a screw up by the federal government. Inept local levee boards didn't help, but maintaining the canals and the MRGO has always been the Corps' responsibility.

So stop placing 100% of the blame on NOLA.

 

[geauxtohell]

By contrast, the plaintiffs' team of experts said the outlet became a "hurricane highway" that funneled storm surge into New Orleans. They said that without the channel, the flooding would have been minimal.

this sounds too easy,, all the corps need do now is fill that channel up.. then no more floods to worry about.

They've constructed flood gates on the channels that interlock the city.

The larger question is if another surge of that magnitude comes through, will the main levees be able to hold?

During Katrina, the main levees held. It was the inter connecting channel levees, that were connected to the lake, that failed.

Once they failed, there was no way of preventing the water from the lake from flowing through the canals and flooding the city.

 

[Big Black Dog]

this has to be false...everyone know its all george bush's fault because he hates black people

No, it isn't George Bush's fault because he hates black people. It's George Bush's fault because he allowed the hurricane to hit the United States.

 

[mal]

this has to be false...everyone know its all george bush's fault because he hates black people

The Supreme Court Ruled that it was Boooooooooooooooshes Fault, didn't they?...

That and Slavery... Crack... AIDS...

Rain on lil Girls Sunny Days...

Lack of Lollipops.



peace...

 

[blastoff]

this has to be false...everyone know its all george bush's fault because he hates black people

No, it isn't George Bush's fault because he hates black people. It's George Bush's fault because he allowed the hurricane to hit the United States.

Wow. That's sure calling a spade a spade.

 

[Zona]

I blame Obama.

 

[WillowTree]

this has to be false...everyone know its all george bush's fault because he hates black people

No, it isn't George Bush's fault because he hates black people. It's George Bush's fault because he allowed the hurricane to hit the United States.

yes,, he had 48 hours to make those levees hold and he failed to act.

 

[WillowTree]

this has to be false...everyone know its all george bush's fault because he hates black people

The Supreme Court Ruled that it was Boooooooooooooooshes Fault, didn't they?...

That and Slavery... Crack... AIDS...

Rain on lil Girls Sunny Days...

Lack of Lollipops.



peace...

don't forget Ray the Chocolate Man!

 

[geauxtohell]

this has to be false...everyone know its all george bush's fault because he hates black people

The Supreme Court Ruled that it was Boooooooooooooooshes Fault, didn't they?...

That and Slavery... Crack... AIDS...

Rain on lil Girls Sunny Days...

Lack of Lollipops.



peace...

This would be decades of failure on the Corps' part, so no.

But the federal government needs to accept its responsibility for the events that led up the the disaster that was Katrina, both before and after the event.

 

[Zoom-boing]

Is this the same federal government that wants to run health care?

 

[mal]

this has to be false...everyone know its all george bush's fault because he hates black people

The Supreme Court Ruled that it was Boooooooooooooooshes Fault, didn't they?...

That and Slavery... Crack... AIDS...

Rain on lil Girls Sunny Days...

Lack of Lollipops.



peace...

This would be decades of failure on the Corps' part, so no.

But the federal government needs to accept its responsibility for the events that led up the the disaster that was Katrina, both before and after the event.

Oh, Laugh!... Damn it!



peace...