Levees Across the Nation Need Repair

[PhilipShore]

Environment News Service
January 29, 2007
http://www.ens-newswire.com/ens/jan2007/2007-01-29-09.asp

WASHINGTON, DC, January 29, 2007 (ENS) - The Army Corps of Engineers says 146 levees across the United States pose an unacceptable risk of failing in a major flood, but they will not publicly identify which levees they are.

Corps spokesman Pete Pierce told "USA Today" that the list of the 146 levees will not be released until all levees are inspected and all communities with faulty levees are advised of the problems.

The newspaper has filed a request for that list under the Freedom of Information Act.

After Hurricane Katrina struck the Gulf coast in August 2005, breaching several of New Orleans' levees and flooding 80 percent of the city, Congress directed the Corps and the Federal Emergency Management Agency, FEMA, which administers federal flood insurance, to identify problem levees.

[ClintonTyree]

1. Aiding and abetting the terrorists, huh?

If we divert resources from the "war on terra" to shore up our infrastructure then the terrorists WIN! You should be ashamed of yourself. What good are the lives of a few thousand Americans lost to flooding when there are oil fields to be stolen and American imperialism to be waged? This is a slippery slope you're treading here. You're playing right into the hands of the terrorists with talk like that!

As if it's needed, :sarcasm:

[Ian David]

2. See related thread: Five Mass. dams found deficient. Flood insurance rates could rise

See related thread: Five Mass. dams found deficient. Flood insurance rates could rise
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=158x11712