on 9/2/05 11:34 PM, sparaig at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "shempmcgurk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: >> Is Bush to Blame for New Orleans Flooding? >> He did slash funding for levee projects. But the Army Corps of >> Engineers says Katrina was just too strong. >> > > A comment I didn't see here from the Army Corps of Engineers is that > they might be having an easier time pumping the water out than they are > now, even if the levees still would have failed.
A proposal was considered and rejected to spend $5 billion making the levee system capable of withstanding a Category 5, which happens only once every 300-500 years. Now it will cost at least $100 billion to repair the damage. A lot less than the Iraq war though. ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Get fast access to your favorite Yahoo! Groups. Make Yahoo! your home page http://us.click.yahoo.com/dpRU5A/wUILAA/yQLSAA/JjtolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
