[Paleo Conservative]

Rather than use their considerable influence to get the needed tax dollars to strenghten to a Cat 5-hurricane level the levee that held back the waters of Lake Pontchartrain from the poor African-American neighborhoods of a poor African-American city in a poor, ill-represented state, they chose to convince Washington to spend it on a $14.6 billion project to make ease traffic problems in Boston.

I don't think Cat 5 levees would be worthwhile. You'd have to but up a wall 30+ feet high. It would destroy any view of the surrounding area. What's required in a Cat 4 or 5 hurricane is complete evacuation.

[weegee]

Quick evacuation requires expanding the interstate highway system. Something Smart Growthers oppose. They also are trying to get individuals out of their personal cars.

Since the buses were allowed to remain parked, the city had a s****y evacuation plan.

[dgallo51]

Builing up the levees to handle a cat 4 or cat 5 has been estimated to take 30 years to complete…and that was estimated back in 1998…even if all the money they needed, and all the enviro-Ludites withdrew their objections to any Army Corps projects such as this, 30 years would be well outside NOLA's date with Katrina. Rhetoric and 'good intentions' don't help victims. Trying to score political points while there is so much human suffering only shows how callous Liberals truly are. We can have a 9-11 styled cover-up later…LET'S SAVE PEOPLE FIRST and we can form a circle and start shooting each other later.