Some of those links on the side of the website are very interesting.
Apparently there was discussion in Congress & Senate about $$$ needed for upgrading LA's coast. Even if the $$$ were granted, the article is dated July 22, 2005. There certainly would not have been time to make improvements to the levee or coastal area near New Orleans. It would have taken years, not a month and a half.
Some PhD commenting on upgrading the levees with federal dollars was asked today (on one of the shows) if the money would really have helped to keep NO from being flooded.
He said, "No", because the areas that they thought were in need of repair were not the levees that were breeched.