But in Louisiana, the city and state officials have not performed well. And you think to yourself, this was really the first big test of Homeland Security since September 11th. Imagine, for example, that Osama bin Laden had had a plan to blow a hole in one of these levees, and flood New Orleans.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1475924/posts
Imagine, for example, that Osama bin Laden had had a plan to blow a hole in one of these levees, and flood New Orleans.Once again, nothing can really compare to the AWESOME power of mother nature; 200 linear feet of breech does not/will not compare to a 'hole' attempted to be blown by some terrorist when the lake level is nominal (low IOW) ...
To accomplish this 'task' mother nature caused water to:
"overtop a floodwall and scour out the foundation, leading to a structural failure of the wall"The top of the concrete floodwall, which sits atop an earthen levee, was 14-15 ft above sea level at the point of failure. (The city is 6 to 10 ft below sea level at that point.)
Let's see a terrorist do all that ...
http://archrecord.construction.com/news/daily/archives/050830neworleans.asp