[ClearBlueSky]

Say that the New Orleans area isn't worth protecting, or cannot be protected, from hurricanes-then don't allocate any money at all to a futile venture. But- don't spend the $$ and WASTE it like this! Paper levees to hold back hurricane surges? Is there any common sense anywhere? Now leaking levees don't matter, and paper levees aren't a risk? This is criminal, and magical thinking won't help.But c'mon back, everything is A-ok!( Oh, and hurricane season starts in June-start packing!)

[TexGuy]

I think it is because George Bush hates black people ... *snicker*

[Mikey_1962]

New Orleans was so corrupt it was wiped clean by the hand of God almighty....

But they are determined to rebuild the cesspool as fast as possible.

[trumandogz]

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers were at fault for the levee failures following Katrina and now here they are again building defective flood walls.

[varon]

You’re doing a great job, Brownie!

[OB1kNOb]

Paper levees to hold back hurricane surges? Is there any common sense anywhere?

Well, it looked good ON paper.

[Enchante]

What this episode should really tell the MSM is that all their fishwrap REALLY isn’t good for anything! /s

[philled]

What’s everybody getting so excited about? Its newspaper- all part of “Going Green”. They are protecting a city and saving the planet all in one futile gesture. Plus, the government is spending a lot of money on it- this has all the necessary components to be wildly successful in the eyes of a liberal.

[discostu]

We have 1 unidentified resident with presumably no idea what the engineering design was saying he saw them stuff the levee with newspaper and you’re just taking it as 100% true and bad. They do a lot of neat stuff these days with paper, paper and chemicals can do quite a lot of stuff, including potentially build a water proof structure. Also the guy could be full of it.

Maybe it would be best to find out the truth before getting all freaked out. And remember, NO doesn’t get hit by hurricanes very often any.

[longtermmemmory]

so the corrupt New Orleans contractors skimped on the construction. Now we know how they were able to affort those casino fact finding missions.

[Between the Lines]

A question. Were they replacing the entire floodwall or were they replacing the elastic strips? If they were replacing the entire floodwall a new rubber joint would be called for. If they were only replacing the elastic strips, what happened to the old rubber joints?

[Go Gordon]

Somebody finally found a good use for the NY Times

[MNJohnnie]

Since when did hear say rumors from unnamed anonymous sourced become “News”?

[Cementjungle]

4 Investigates: Floodwalls stuffed with newspaper?

And I thought newspapers were only good for bird cages.

[TigersEye]

Louisiana Officials Could Lose the Katrina Blame Game

(CNSNews.com) - The Bush administration is being widely criticized for the emergency response to Hurricane Katrina and the allegedly inadequate protection for "the big one" that residents had long feared would hit New Orleans. But research into more than ten years of reporting on hurricane and flood damage mitigation efforts in and around New Orleans indicates that local and state officials did not use federal money that was available for levee improvements or coastal reinforcement and often did not secure local matching funds that would have generated even more federal funding.

[MaxMax]

They should have just stuffed cash in there.

[Calpernia]

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1475443/posts
HURRICANE KATRINA- archive of links

[kellynla]

Instead of moving the city to higher ground...