Around here the feds run the COE. I didn't know the locals had the
option of building levees, dreging channels etc. I thought there was
something about interstate commerece in the constitution. It's not
really a federal problem anyway. All those farmers who ship corn etc.
out of New Orleans could just as well truck it over to Baltimore or
somewhere.

Jonathan Cook wrote:
riverman wrote:

I know that hindsight is 20-20

I don't care about left-right politics, but I certainly wouldn't
lay this at the feet of the feds. The first line is the city and
the state, and it appears they had no real plan at all, just
crossing their fingers and hoping it would never happen. A city
half below sea level should have been prepared for this for years...

Jon.