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In fact the levees were designed to survive a Katrina-sized storm, but of course never had to prove they could, until they failed. What's also funny is for a bu
by unishark 7y ago
In fact the levees were designed to survive a Katrina-sized storm, but of course never had to prove they could, until they failed. What's also funny is for a bunch of engineers and software developers to expect the govt to enact a system that is impossible to really test, and just have it work smoothly when needed.
Rich cities in california were also a dysfunctional mess dealing with fires. It was only when the same problem happened in the same places in subsequent years that they had a reasonably solid plan together and working.
- btilly 7y agoIn fact the levees were designed to survive a Katrina-sized storm, but of course never had to prove they could, until they failed. They were not, and the fact was well-known in advance. Their limit was a category 3 hurricane and there had been years of passing the buck about upgrading the levees to give the city a shot. Then Katrina happened and everyone who had passed the buck claimed that it wasn't their fault.
- unishark 7y agoKatrina was actually weakened to category 3 when it hit new Orleans. They should have lucked out (yet again) if the levees performed as they were supposed to.
- selimthegrim 7y agoDesign of the levee was Army Corps/Federal responsibility and maintenance was the local one.