The Last Word on the Levees--Maybe

The Army Corps of Engineers meets a much lower standard in constructing levees than it does in constructing dams, even earthen dams.
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The independent forensic engineering investigating teams looking at the New Orleans levee and floodwall breaches now come to a portentous conclusion--the primary cause for the disaster is that the Army Corps of Engineers meets a much lower standard for peer review and safety in constructing levees than it does in constructing dams, even earthen dams. More here.

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