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To: Errant

All this because some stupid engineers didn’t place the emergency generators on high ground, allowing for a controlled shutdown.

Same story in NOLA, as Katrina flooded out the generators needed to power the emergency pumps


34 posted on 11/08/2013 4:15:59 PM PST by Noob1999 (Loose Lips, Sink Ships)
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To: Noob1999
Same story in NOLA, as Katrina flooded out the generators needed to power the emergency pumps

Yep, very familiar with that, and some other issues. I wrote an app to track some of the FEMA funding of the response outside NOLA proper, and had the honor to meet some of the folks in charge and hear a few stories of what went down.

38 posted on 11/08/2013 4:27:13 PM PST by Errant
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