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<blockquote data-quote="ok2bclever" data-source="post: 47910"><p>In an exclusive interview broadcast on ABC's Good Morning America, George Bush said "I don't think anyone anticipated the breach of the levees." </p><p> </p><p>Contrary to our top politician's rhetoric experts <strong>have</strong> warned <em>for years</em> that the ring of high levees around New Orleans, designed to protect the city from Mississippi River floodwaters, will only make things worse in a powerful hurricane. </p><p> </p><p>If the levees hold against an expected 28-foot storm surge which they are not designed to do, water will pour over their tops and begin filling the city as if it were a sinking canoe and if they breech as expected with this high a category hurricane the storm surge and Lake Pontchartrain will pour in even more water. </p><p> </p><p><em>Nope, no one could have anticipated, right.</em> </p><p> </p><p>In June 2004, the New Orleans Times-Picayune reported: "For the first time in 37 years, federal budget cuts have all but stopped major work on the New Orleans area's east bank hurricane levees, a complex network of concrete walls, metal gates and giant earthen berms that won't be finished for at least another decade." </p><p> </p><p>The Chicago Tribune followed up on September 1, 2005: "Despite continuous warnings that a catastrophic hurricane could hit New Orleans, the Bush administration and Congress in recent years have repeatedly denied full funding for hurricane preparation and flood control." </p><p> </p><p>The Tribune report attributed funding cuts "in part" to the cost of the war on Iraq, and cited documents from the Army Corps of Engineers that showed that seven contracts had been delayed. </p><p> </p><p>"I do feel that if it had been totally funded, there would be less flooding than you have," former Republican Mississippi congressman Michael Parker told the Tribune. Parker headed the Army Corps of Engineers until March 2002, when "he was ousted after publicly criticizing a Bush administration proposal to cut the corps' budget." </p><p> </p><p>On the day the hurricane hit, the Times-Picayune declared: "No one can say they didn't see it coming." <em>errr, except apparently bush.</em> </p><p> </p><p>Just last year, Federal Emergency Management Agency officials practiced how they would respond to a fake hurricane that caused floods and stranded New Orleans residents. Imagine the feeble FEMAs response to Katrina if they had not prepared. </p><p> </p><p>Hurricane Ivan forced the evacuation of New Orleans in September of 2004. </p><p> </p><p>The same report, entitled "Ivan exposes flaws in N.O.'s disaster plans," </p><p> </p><p>This was a year ago. </p><p> </p><p>The bottom line is all of this was predicted and expected, but it would have cost serious money (no where near what it will just to clean up now of course or taking in the cost in human life). </p><p> </p><p>So it ends up this was ignored with the hope it wouldn't happen on any particular politician's watch.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ok2bclever, post: 47910"] In an exclusive interview broadcast on ABC's Good Morning America, George Bush said "I don't think anyone anticipated the breach of the levees." Contrary to our top politician's rhetoric experts [b]have[/b] warned [i]for years[/i] that the ring of high levees around New Orleans, designed to protect the city from Mississippi River floodwaters, will only make things worse in a powerful hurricane. If the levees hold against an expected 28-foot storm surge which they are not designed to do, water will pour over their tops and begin filling the city as if it were a sinking canoe and if they breech as expected with this high a category hurricane the storm surge and Lake Pontchartrain will pour in even more water. [i]Nope, no one could have anticipated, right.[/i] In June 2004, the New Orleans Times-Picayune reported: "For the first time in 37 years, federal budget cuts have all but stopped major work on the New Orleans area's east bank hurricane levees, a complex network of concrete walls, metal gates and giant earthen berms that won't be finished for at least another decade." The Chicago Tribune followed up on September 1, 2005: "Despite continuous warnings that a catastrophic hurricane could hit New Orleans, the Bush administration and Congress in recent years have repeatedly denied full funding for hurricane preparation and flood control." The Tribune report attributed funding cuts "in part" to the cost of the war on Iraq, and cited documents from the Army Corps of Engineers that showed that seven contracts had been delayed. "I do feel that if it had been totally funded, there would be less flooding than you have," former Republican Mississippi congressman Michael Parker told the Tribune. Parker headed the Army Corps of Engineers until March 2002, when "he was ousted after publicly criticizing a Bush administration proposal to cut the corps' budget." On the day the hurricane hit, the Times-Picayune declared: "No one can say they didn't see it coming." [i]errr, except apparently bush.[/i] Just last year, Federal Emergency Management Agency officials practiced how they would respond to a fake hurricane that caused floods and stranded New Orleans residents. Imagine the feeble FEMAs response to Katrina if they had not prepared. Hurricane Ivan forced the evacuation of New Orleans in September of 2004. The same report, entitled "Ivan exposes flaws in N.O.'s disaster plans," This was a year ago. The bottom line is all of this was predicted and expected, but it would have cost serious money (no where near what it will just to clean up now of course or taking in the cost in human life). So it ends up this was ignored with the hope it wouldn't happen on any particular politician's watch. [/QUOTE]
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