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To: i-node who wrote (250188)	9/7/2005 6:06:57 PM
From: combjelly	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1576177

"Who builds a pump that won't work when submerged?" For the large pumps? Pretty much everybody. Which is why they have those huge intake pipes instead of just sitting in a hole.

To: i-node who wrote (250188)	9/7/2005 6:10:33 PM
From: steve harris	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1576177

Newsweek running away from Nagin and Blanco as fast as they can... msnbc.msn.com Not long after the levees broke last week and Lake Pontchartrain began flowing into New Orleans, a local businessman phoned me to say that a local agency is supposed to keep up the levees. The Orleans Parish Levee Board, appointed by the mayor and state governor, is supposed to watch out for exactly the weaknesses that brought on the chaos. I was amazed. All the more so when the businessman added that instead the levee board has been busy recently with other matters—investing in local casinos. He was amazed? How about uninformed?!?!?!?!