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"Do you even know what a levee board is and who actually builds and repairs these things?

Yes, and for the most part they are a waste of money because the Army Corp of Engineers and their contractors actually do the work. My be you could do a couple of google searches on these levee boards and commissions and read about their colorful history

"Look, no offense, but the only major levees in the country are built and maintained by NOLA area agencies. They are the only ones who do this work. They did finally get some help from military helicopters for heavy lift but someone still has to actually go in there to finish it up."

Thank you, but the point of the post was that at the time in question the levees had already been breached. It was time to react to the crisis. There was no way to fix things at that point. That isn't what the local ER organizations are suppose to do.

Those levees would not be fixed now if the parish workers and levee boards hadn't done it. If you'd rather pretend they should go save people with dump trucks and cranes, go ahead and believe anything you want. I guess you think FEMA was going to rebuild the levees.

You are misinformed, the Corp and its contractors are fixing the levees, organized by FEMA (from the get go). The very same Corp that cleaned up the world trade center after 9/11 organized by FEMA. Who do you think did that?

You are misinformed, the Corp and its contractors are fixing the levees, organized by FEMA (from the get go). The very same Corp that cleaned up the world trade center after 9/11 organized by FEMA. Who do you think did that?

I rely on local reports. For instance:

17th Street Canal breach fixed
Monday, 1:55 p.m.

By Jeff Meitrodt
Staff writer

With assistance from the Army Corps of Engineers, repairs have been completed to the 17th Street Canal breach, responsible for the post-Hurricane Katrina deluge into New Orleans, the state Department of Transportation and Development announced during its mid-day briefing.

These are the kinds of reports I'm reading. But maybe they just don't want to give outsiders credit or something. But that doesn't make much sense either because it seems they think very well of the Corps down there from other reporting.