From: Rick v100 (rickv100@yahoo.com)
Date: Fri Sep 02 2005 - 06:17:15 PDT
No way it would have been done it in a couple of
years. You forgot the required tie ups in court by
enviromental groups and state agencies over the issue.
We go through long legal battles over the dredging
spoils everytime the Corps wants to dredge the ship
channel up the Delaware River.
Rick
--- Wes Knettle <wsknettl@centurytel.net> wrote:
> The US corps of engineers had already re-evaluated
> the levees two years
> ago and were putting together a plan to improve
> them. The plan would
> have taken a few years to complete. So throwing that
> 0.1% of the Iraq
> budget at it would not have made the levees strong
> enough in time for
> Katrina.
>
> Wes K
>
>
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