I visited a girlfriend of mine while my son was at preschool today, and we talked about this very thing you mentioned. She's been pretty vigilant on keeping up with all the news. She also mentioned though that the local governments down there had been trying to get the voters to pass tax bills for quite a few years to upgrade the levy system but the voters wouldn't go for it. So it sounds like it would be a bit unfair to blame everything on the Feds and the Army corps of engineers. Oh and on a lighter note: Guy, you are such a hoot. Jim Stitley <sitf2000@yahoo.com> wrote: Last night on one of the TV specials, a rep from the Army Corps of Engineers said plainly, they did a cost-benefit analysis when they designed that levy and it was designed to sustain ONLY up to a Category 3 and not 5!!! That was to save money and to make the cut for cost-benefit. Now in hindsight, that was a terrible judgement/business call. HOW much will it cost now! He was so cold and matter of fact about it being the right decision. I was really taken back by his attifude after what we are seeing everynight on the human toll - how to you factor lives into cost-benefit analysis??? I was so disappointed by his cold response, and how he SO easily justified the original decision. Jim Stitley diveboss@xmission.com wrote: Quoting South Jordan Mom :
I did read an article about the Netherlands and their levees,
It wasn't about some little kid named Hans Brinker was it? ;) --------------------------------- Start your day with Yahoo! - make it your home page