[Smile-n-Win]

When asked if the levees would be built to withstand a Category 5 storm, officials used broader language instead, promising that the city's citizens would be safe and the levees would be "stronger and better."

I suppose a Category 5-proof levee would cost $5 billion. But maybe it's just my optimism.

[right-wingin_It]

Why don't they just do a category 5 levee system?? As a conservative, I am against uneccesary spending but I'm also a student of history. A category 5 system would not be frivalous IMO and could save 10s of billions in the future. Idiots.