[supercat]

Level 5 levees would cost 250 million I understand. New Orleans could have afforded that (over say five years), and the people of NO are the only people who should have been approached to pay it.

Given that 15/85 funding, a $250M project for levees would have cost New Orleans about 37.5M.

[WVNan]

I need clarification on this. The city of NO is saying that the Army Corps of Engineers are responsible for the levees, and the government cut funds to the ACE so they couldn't strengthen the levees. What is the true facts on this? Anybody?