While the Corps does not build levees it often lets the contracts for levee
construction and generally supplies the specs. Flood control levees are
often Corps levees. If the Corps lets the contract Corps inspectors have
the job of ensuring the specs are followed.

However, there is an important piece of information to consider. The Corps
is seldom responsible for maintenance of levees except for ICW levees.

In a prvious life I drafted all the letters to communities regarding the
outcome of levee maintenance inspections conducted by Corps personnel.
Almost without exception communities failed to maintain levees in good
operating condition. But, at least they were duely informed that the levees
were subject to failure and/or leakage at water levels below design due to
poor to nonexistant maintenance.

A lot of folks don't realise that the US Army Corps of Engineers are good
guys who provide a lot of help to communities and who help fight floods when
they come.

Butch
"PocoLoco" wrote in message
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On 29 Sep 2005 09:56:30 -0700, wrote:


PocoLoco wrote:
From where do you get the idea that the Corps was responsible for the
levees
that failed? The ones that failed were not on intracoastal waterways.
--
John H

Doesn't matter, the Army Corp of Engineers builds more levees than just
what's on the ICW. They build and maintain almost all the levees around
N.O. on a federal-local cost-sharing basis.

Building a levee and being responsible for a levee are two different
things.
Show me that the Corps built the canal walls that failed, or that they
were
responsible for any levees that failed.
--
John H

"All decisions are the result of binary thinking."