Well, simply calling something 'BS' doesn't make it so.... and by the way, I have spent a lot of time in NOLA in the past year doing my own research on this question. Of course there is no one that would 'want to dare bring that crap down here'.... it is a question of liability and the position against it would be vigorously defended and potentially dangerous to anyone proposing it. That too does not have anything to do with the truth though as far as the exact failure mechanism. Out of curiousity, what do your Corps of Engineers friends tell you was the exact mechanism that caused New Orleans to be flooded out? What exactly do you disagree with in the link provided in post 26?
I used to work for the Corps of Engineers, Mississippi Valley Division headquartered in Vicksburg, MS. They oversee all the MS River districts, including New Orleans.
Between 2000 and 2004, I personally saw the New Orleans District formally request levee money on three different occasions. I was in the Video teleconferences between the N.O District and the Division when it happened each time. I saw it with my own eyes. I also saw state reps and Congressional panels shoot down these requests from the Division. The money went to wildlife preservation, habitat expansion and pet projects for levee board members who stood to gain financially.
When the levees did top and break, it was my friends from the Corps who were some of the first to be in the nasty and risk life and limb to do anything they could. They WERE shot at, many things WERE thrown at them, residents WERE trying to steal their boats. When I see PC bound morons who don't have 2 brain cells to rub together come on here and start spouting senseless conspiracy crap, I get pretty miffed. Same with the people who come on here and take the media's word that their reporting was not accurate. It WAS accurate, it just made blacks look bad and they recanted because they were afraid it would affect donations for white America to see the looters and hear of the violence. My insurance agent went down a few days after it calmed down a bit. In all three properties he went to see, there were bodies inside with bullet wounds.
That is just the truth.
A category 1 "regular storm"??? That is the most insulting BS I have read about this hurricane. It was a cat 1 when it hit my house almost 250 miles up-river. It did so much damage to my town, some people didn't have power for weeks and some are STILL getting roofs and fences fixed.
You can take your "conspiracy theory" drivel and shove it.