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To: Ish who wrote (699366)9/2/2005 4:21:31 PM
From: Kenneth E. Phillipps  Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 769667
 
The upgrades of those walls was not completed because the money was removed.



To: Ish who wrote (699366)9/2/2005 4:30:34 PM
From: goldworldnet  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 769667
 
Acknowledging delays in construction, Corps officials in Louisiana said that those projects weren't where the failures occurred. "They did not contribute to the flooding of the city," said Al Naomi, a senior project manager.

"The design was not adequate to protect against a storm of this nature," he said. "We were not authorized to provide protection to Category 4 or 5 design."

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To: Ish who wrote (699366)9/2/2005 5:13:31 PM
From: goldworldnet  Respond to of 769667
 
I'm sure further upgrades will be made all around, but I have to wonder if over a million people need to be living in that basin.

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