[umgud]

Of course, if you had to study and plan something like that, it is not going to be fast

Point well taken, but I've worked with the Corp over 30 years and I'm not impressed.

[GeronL]

true.

It’s a big job sounds like, but I guess the private sector could be contracted to do it faster

[Western Phil]

Corps of Engineers fast?

A little known fact: Within six months of Hurricane Katrina, George Bush and the Corps had in place flood gates and bypass pumps at the lake end of the New Orleans outflow canals. These “temporary” structures, if operational at the time of Katrina, would have prevented the flooding of those portions of New Orleans flooded from the breaching of the outflow canal walls. The apparent cost of each structure was well within what could have been covered by any of the areas’ political jurisdictions. The political will to do what was necessary did not exist until the hard hearted “W” gave the thankless city this freebie.