Posted by Dinah on November 3, 2005, at 14:47:02
In reply to Re: the Ministry of Propaganda » alexandra_k, posted by AuntieMel on November 3, 2005, at 9:56:08
I'm going to have to look for a map of New Orleans neighborhoods and give a description of how badly each was hit, and how each area got flooded.
More than anyone wants to know about Katrina. :)
But this is what has me upset
http://www.wwltv.com/topstories/stories/wwl110205levee.1fb472b0.html
That's where I was saying that the 17th Street Canal had flooding on the Orleans parish side where the pilings were 18 feet deep, but not on the Jefferson parish side, where pilings were 30 feet deep. Same corps of engineers, I can't imagine the design was different for two sides of a not very wide canal. Different contractors, different officials in charge of each side. The London Avenue canal also was a victim of failure either to poor design or poor construction.
I hope they do a thorough investigation and whoever was to blame for 18 instead of thirty feet walls is held accountable for the deaths that resulted.
There's a fair amount of outrage around here, and I'm sure a great deal more public attention will be paid to flood wall protection. Also there are calls for a regional rather than per parish levee board system, which should probably help a lot.
I don't know who's responsible, but it just doesn't make any sense. If you've seen pictures of the seventeenth street canal, you know how narrow it is. To have two different governmental bodies, two different contractors, and if it is possible, two different corps of engineers specs is beyond believable. To have one side twelve feet more shallow than the other side, ending slightly above a known peaty level is beyond beyond believable.
There's plenty of room for outrage, but I think it should be directed where it's deserved.
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