America Needs the 8/29 Investigation

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Watch two poignant viewpoints on why the 8/29 Investigation is needed.

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[LittleGreenFrog2]

The video with the little girl cuts right to the quick of the matter. In June, 2005, the New Orleans Times-Picayune published a front-page story about how the Orleans Levee Board spent 3 hours doing their monthly inspection, then went to a swank restaurant for lunch at taxpayers' expense. When I saw that, I said, "Uh-oh; when something happens it will be bad. Really bad." And it was.

[LeveesOrg]

FYI, the inspections were visual only and were a shared responsibility of the US Army Corps of Engineers, the Orleans Levee Board and the Dept of Transportation.

We now know that no visual inspections could have detected design flaws deep underground, or that levees in some places were filled with sand not clay, and that most levees were too feet too low.

In other words, the inspections were a "red herring" and were irrelevant to the failure of the levees.

[CrescentCityRay]

I hate it that so many try to make our levees a partisan issues. These engineering structures, the levees along our outfall canals, collapsed like cheap movie props without even being overtopped. I suspect the reason is that USACE engineers choose to manage underfunded projects rather than no project. But, I don't know. I feel we need and deserve an independent 8/29 investigation by congress. Why did so many die and why did we lose our property and stability? Can we avoid a repeat?

[lablvr55]

And CrescentRose, bad levees in Sacramento result in no water supply to the entire state of California, so it is not only that one city dealing with a disaster, but the entire state of California. Nothing will be coming out of those taps...no water supply at all, zip, nada!!!!

Watch "California Colloquium on Water: Ray Seed" on YouTube. He was in NOLA after Katrina and the video provides details on NOLA as well as info on California levee problems.

[LittleGreenFrog2]

My 95-year-old mother died of a stroke on August 29, 2005, as she and I were trying to climb the hall stairs to escape the frigid, fetid waters rising around us in our house. Mother was murdered by the Corps. This will sound very unChristian, but this is one situation in which I will never forgive or forget.

[oran6es]

Over half of the New Orleans metro area is either at or above sea level. Assuming any of us to be less intelligent or less educated than a dingleberry because of where we live makes an ass out of u, not me.

[dadcares504]

Matt Faust of St. Bernard Parish has won the prize for best short documentary at New York's prestigious Tribeca Film Festival!

As a New Orleans resident I'm very happy for you. Let's keep telling the story because it's not over yet. I WISH IT WAS

[oran6es]

Let's not let Washington forget that though unique, the people of Louisiana pay taxes too. In fact, simple arithmetic shows that the total cost of levee protection and coastal restoration amounts to somewhere in the neighborhood of 2-12 % of the tax dollars sent to Washington FROM Louisiana, onshore and offshore.

[lroussarie]

One bridge to rebuild compared to one city rebuild.

[4nola27]

Oh, just an update for all new orleanians, that bridge that collapsed in minneapolis, well, it has been completely rebuilt and is now safe!!!!

Makes you wonder why New Orleans is left out?

[4nola27]

Professor Robert Bea who was part of the National Science Foundation's independent investigatory group after Katrina states that the work of rebuilding the flood protection system is definitely possible, and will take the will of the people of America to back the funding of the project. Is it now only a matter of securing the funding or is another investigation required? It is imperative to place our efforts on the highest priority,which is protecting the city and it's people.