Corps trying to find reasons for collapse Barge may have caused breach in floodwall

NOLA.com ^ | September 6, 2005 | John McQuaid

[Chi-townChief]

WASHINGTON - A loose barge may have caused a large breach in the east side of the Industrial Canal floodwall that accelerated Hurricane Katrina's rising floodwaters in the Lower Ninth Ward and St. Bernard Parish, Army Corps of Engineers project manager Al Naomi said Monday.

[Chi-townChief]

This is kind of interesting; we've been hearing rumors about this since the middle of last week, including the interview with comedian Steve Harvey, but thought they were just wild speculation. Of course, you can also hear rumors about the levees being intentionally dynamited by "de gub'mint."

[LoneGOPinCT]

Dammit. Bush should have been there to tie that thing up! Think of all of the deaths he caused.

[hflynn]

Oh Great. In about 2 minutes after she reads this Blanco is going to say Bush barged in to New Orleans.

[TheRedSoxWinThePennant]

It was no doubt a HALIBURTON owned barge!!

[SouthernFreebird]

I thought they said it eroded underneath, once that happened the rest collapsed.

[SlowBoat407]

It wasn't a barge...

It was DeBarge.

[Semper Paratus]

Where was Karl Rove when that happened?

[OldFriend]

Nah, it was the joos.

[Las Vegas Dave]

Where was Karl Rove when that happened?

Or Sandy Berger?

[gridlock]

If the barge breached the floodwall, it should still be there. I don't see no stinkin' barge...

[DB]

It was a drainage canal as I understand it. Are there any barges on that type of canal?

[mewzilla]

Looted?

[BigSkyFreeper]

Bush's fault the damn thing wasn't docked./sarc

[BigSkyFreeper]

Or Sandy Berger?

Stuffing the government funding down his BVD's.

[ElisabethInCincy]

Actually a few days ago a man who was giving his survival story said the same thing.. he said he was watching out his window as 2 empty grain barges break the levee.. But i agree wheres da barges at ? lol

[ElisabethInCincy]

break= broke duh

[Alien Gunfighter]

I bet it had a sign on the side that read, "Vote Republican!"

[Desdemona]

If the barge breached the floodwall, it should still be there.

Word was they were empty grain barges, and it wasn't a floodwall, but one of the levees. If that was the case, the impact probably tore big enough holes that both of them sank. It happens.

[saveliberty]

Blanco = why did she even bother cashing her paycheck since she can't lift a finger (or brain cell) to do her job?

Nagin= can't admit that he didn't figure that the levy would break so OF COURSE it was fine not to evacuate and send all of the poor people to the Superdome. Managed to get his peeps on the buses before the regular, victimized folks.

Jackassery aplenty. Do the people of NO really want to keep these useless drains on human life (literally) in public office?

[sargunner]

Could have been the little known Presidential barge, Barge-One. Did it have the Prez's Seal on it? I think Cheney has a barge pilot license. It all fits. /sarc