Subj : Re: Larry King To : alt.tv.farscape From : Nick Date : Thu Sep 01 2005 19:30:57 From Newsgroup: alt.tv.farscape John Iwaniszek wrote: > K wrote in > news:Xns96C3E94194E3notmenotherecom@216.196.97.142: > >> Rick Savoia wrote in >> news:Xns96C3B9ED16558rsavoiaNOSPAMyahooco@127.0.0.1: >> >>> You have enough infrastructure in place to insure that your >>> vehicles won't get stuck on highways and that you have living >>> arrangements for all concerned? >> >> And let's not forget that half of the National Guard from New >> Orleans and much of their equipment -- the people and tools who >> would normally help in the rescue effort -- are off fighting a war >> in Iraq. >> >> K >> >> > > Let's pile on: > > > "Yet after 2003, the flow of federal dollars toward SELA dropped to a > trickle. The Corps never tried to hide the fact that the spending > pressures of the war in Iraq, as well as homeland security -- coming > at the same time as federal tax cuts -- was the reason for the > strain. At least nine articles in the Times-Picayune from 2004 and > 2005 specifically cite the cost of Iraq as a reason for the lack of > hurricane- and flood-control dollars" > > http://tinyurl.com/bsttp The 17th street levee was actually completed. If you look at the pictures of the break you will see a white concrete wall on top of the old, earth levee. They think that a barge broke loose and went through the levee wall. .