Corps officials: Funding levels not to blame for flooding

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Corps officials: Funding levels not to blame for flooding

However, they noted that the levees were designed for a Category 3 hurricane and couldn't handle the ferocious winds and raging waters from Hurricane Katrina, which was a Category 4 storm when it hit the coastline. The decision to build levees for a Category 3 hurricane was made decades ago based on a cost-benefit analysis.

On what basis was the decision made that the cost of protecting against a category 5 hurricane made to be too high?

[Broken Glass Can]

Damn. You mean we can't blame Bush for diverting funds away from domestic safety?

[SheetWise]

As I understand it, the computer models were not sophisticated enough at the time the decisions were made. Storms were not rated in the same way. They had a single model, which is what they used. The newer models identified the threat, and the studies had been done -- but even with funding they were 30 years away from a solution to Cat 5.

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An opporuntiy to politicize an event never goes wasted with some and this happens on both the left and the right unfortuately.

[Boris]

OK we can't blame him for the flooding. But he gets full credit for the pitiful response of FEMA and Homeland Security.

[sam h]

The relief effort and response has been basically incompetent, indicating that FEMA and local officials really weren't prepared for a situation in which communications would be compromised and security an issue. Whether additional funding would have improved preparedness or not is uncertain, but likely.

What would you expect them to say?

"We made a huge miscalculation, and we diverted a bunch of money to Iraq that probably should have been spent on the levees. Our bad. I'm sure we won't get fired for saying this, because the president always puts the truth ahead of politics."

To really answer that charge one way or the other, we need to hear from someone who doesn't have their job on the line.

[Stu Pidasso]

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OK we can't blame him for the flooding. But he gets full credit for the pitiful response of FEMA and Homeland Security.

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It would have been just as bad under any president. FEMA was not, nor have the ever been capable of responding to a disaster of this magnitude.

Stu

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This was a joke a friend who was a career Army Corps. of Engineer employee:

Q. What is the difference between the Boy Scouts and the Army Corps. of Engineers?
A. The Boy Scouts have adult supervision.