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On Thu, 29 Sep 2005 23:04:06 GMT, "Butch Davis" wrote:
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 .. . 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." I think most of the breaks were in the canal walls, not the levees. In any case, if the levees were designed for a Cat 3 hurricane, then the Corps should not be blamed for their lack of ability to withstand Cat 4 or 5 hurricanes. -- John H "All decisions are the result of binary thinking." |
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