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http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/2005/hur...d/katrina.html
They can rove Mars, land on the moon and smash into comets but they won't build proper levees. 'new Orleans is sinking and I don't wanna swim'...Tragically Hip |
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About three days ago one of the news programs interviewed a guy who had
worked on the building of the levees. He said that they where designed to withstand a class 3 storm. When asked why they had not made them to withstand a class 5, he said that the stronger ones would not have been "cost effective", or in otherwords, they didn't want to spend the money to build ones that could have withstood a class 5 storm. -- The Lone Sidewalk Astronomer of Rosamond Telescope Buyers FAQ http://home.inreach.com/starlord Astronomy Net Online Gift Shop http://www.cafepress.com/astronomy_net "Mick" wrote in message news:a4KSe.224721$HI.164223@edtnps84... http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/2005/hur...d/katrina.html They can rove Mars, land on the moon and smash into comets but they won't build proper levees. 'new Orleans is sinking and I don't wanna swim'...Tragically Hip |
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When asked why they had not made them to
withstand a class 5, he said that the stronger ones would not have been "cost effective", or in otherwords, they didn't want to spend the money to build ones that could have withstood a class 5 storm. DUH!!?? |
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