Smarmy... yet ineffective. You're an engineer, aren't you?
Please don't let me get in your way. I've seen and heard of some pretty heroic work on the part of a lot of people on scene doing the best they can in an impossible situation. I refuse to belittle their efforts. But please... carry on.
but he's not all wrong on that. all the trades just showed up at the WTC - they weren't asked, no contracts signed, the ironworkers and crane operators just showed up to assist the police and fire departments.
that new orleans area is the largest port in the country, there are no seaborne private companies who are capable of plugging a levee?
"Smarmy... yet ineffective. You're an engineer, aren't you?"
I'm not sure what your point is but given the hundreds of miles of levees that are imperiled by a couple 200' breeches, it is imperative they be repaired since they are not designed to be wet on both sides.
There is an incredible amount of infrastructure that is going to be obliterated for lack of a plan to plug a very finite distance.