On Mon, 29 Oct 2007 07:29:39 -0400, "Reginald P. Smithers III"
wrote:

JohnH wrote:


I now think that Bassy *was* referring to the Marine Corps. He seems
to know very little about the US Army Corps of Engineers, of which I
was a member for 24 years.

I have no idea about the engineering specs and manual that Bassy was
talking about, but it seems to me that the jobs the C.O.E's tackle would
require them to be very creative and to think outside the box.

I do think he was correct about the water management issues, based upon
what I have read about the Corps priority lists and down stream
commitments.

Did you notice I change the Corps to COE, so I would not make the Fax
Paux of calling them Corp.

Yes, I'm glad to see that boo-boo not repeated. However, USACE is the
preferred abbreviation.

I've no doubt that the USACE is following the law, which is having a
detrimental effect on the local area. It sounds as though someone put
mussels over humans in the priority list.