Oh, I don't think Nagin was stellar by any stretch of the imagination. He was terrible as was Blanco.
But it's a shared responsibility, particularly since neither Blanco nor Nagin had a thing to do with the levees. And after studying things for three months, it is clear to me that the majority of the fault for the broken levees lies at the COE's feet. Local responsibility, too, no doubt, but nowhere near as much as the Corps's.
You need to remember that the damage was done by the flood. If it had not flooded, we'd be back in business by now, no problem. Have gone through lots of similar wind events, a little clean up is all it takes, no big deal.
It's going to cost a lot to fix the levees and a lot bring them back to cat. 3, where they were legally supposed to be. The ones who broke them, who abdicated their legal responsibility to keep them as true cat. 3 levees, ought to fix them. That's the Corps. |
