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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. They were not, and the fact
by btilly 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.
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.