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THE CORPS 1977 HURRICANE BARRIER PLAN WOULD NOT HAVE SAVED NEW ORLEANS FROM HURRICANE KATRINA
THE CORPS 1965-POST HURRICANE BARRIER PLAN WOULD NOT HAVE SAVE NEW ORLEANS FROM HURRICANE KATRINA
"Al Naomi, a senior project manager for the corps, said the levees and control structures in the post-1965 plan were not big enough to control a surge and protect the city".
Also in a September 2, 2005 article in the Wall Street Journal titled "Corps of Engineers Takes Heat on Levees" Mr. Naomi is quoted in regard to the breech at the 17th street canal:
"Mr. Naomi said an I-wall section of the levee did indeed fail, and he agreed that a T-wall design design probably wouldn't have".
DESTRUCTION OF PLAQUEMINES PARISH (IMAGES): Plaqemines Parish lies alongside the expanding Mississippi River Gulf Outlet, which is another horrendous United States Army Corps of Engineers BOO-BOO project. The wetlands in the parish have also been cut by 100's of oil company canals.
FORMER UNITED STATES OF ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS EX-COUNSEL JOE TOWERS MAKES A MISLEADING STATEMENT, A STATEMENT WHICH CONTRADICTS WHAT AL NAOMI SAID
"If we had built the barriers, New Orleans would not be flooded," said Joseph Towers, the retired chief counsel for the Army Corps of Engineers New Orleans district.
JOE TOWERS THE CORPS' EX-COUNSEL MAKES AN UNTRUE, RECKLESS AND UNJUST STATEMENT THAT JUDGE CHARLES SCHWARTZ JR. CONDEMNED THE CITY:
"My feeling was that saving human lives was more important than saving a percentage of shrimp and crab in Lake Pontchartrain," Towers said. "I told my staff at the time that this judge had condemned the city."
THIS IS SIMPLY NOT TRUE
JUDGE CHARLES SCHWARTZ's JUDGMENT on BEHALF of CO PLAINTIFFS ST. TAMMANY PARISH and SAVE OUR WETLANDS DID NOT PRECLUDE CORPS 1977 BARRIER PLAN
"The foregoing opinion should in no way be construed as precluding the Lake Pontchartrain project as proposed or reflecting on its advisability in any manner. The Court’s opinion is limited strictly to the finding that the environmental impact statement of August, 1974 for this project was legally inadequate. Upon proper compliance with the law with regard to the impact statement this injunction will be dissolved and any hurricane plan thus properly presented will be allowed to proceed".
New Orleans, Louisiana, this 30th day of December, 1977.
JUDGE CHARLES J. SCHWARTZ JR.
CO PLAINTIFFS ST. TAMMANY PARISH and SAVE OUR WETLANDS UNJUSTLY ACCUSED of STOPPING CORPS 1977 BARRIER PLAN
IT'S CORPS WHO MAKES DECISION NOT to PROCEED with THEIR 1977 BARRIER PLAN AFTER JUDGE SCHWARTZ ISSUES JUDGMENT THAT ORIGINAL PLAN IS BASED ON LIES
Order- Judge Schwartz's Decision 1977
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Great stuff ernest.
The enviro-weenies are squirming, I see. Very interesting. They say he lied, based on what a judge says? Do I have the right of it?