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re: Katrina a setup by US government?
Posted on 7/7/17 at 10:56 am to notiger1997
Posted on 7/7/17 at 10:56 am to notiger1997
It is an expensive proposal to build substantial enough flood barriers for New Orleans, and increasingly so with wetland losses (more a consideration for the south and east portions).
The deficiencies were all about saving money. That was excellent fiscal decision making, seeing how cheap the Katrina recovery effort turned out to be.
The deficiencies were all about saving money. That was excellent fiscal decision making, seeing how cheap the Katrina recovery effort turned out to be.
This post was edited on 7/7/17 at 10:57 am
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Posted on 7/7/17 at 1:11 pm to sta4ever
They didn't blow the levees in 2005, but they did do it decades ago, which was planned and public knowledge. That ended miserably as well.
ETA: thanks bricks, forgot the year
ETA: thanks bricks, forgot the year
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it DID happen in the past (1927). But no...it did not happen this time.
This post was edited on 7/7/17 at 1:15 pm
Posted on 7/7/17 at 1:13 pm to I B Freeman
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Heineken man
Wonder where he is these days? He is honored on the Fark Board Hall of Fame
Posted on 7/7/17 at 1:21 pm to ShootingsBricks4Life
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The reason people say this is because it DID happen in the past (1927). But no...it did not happen this time.
What those conspiracy theorist conveniently forget to add is that where they blew it up in 1927 fricked white people, not black.
Posted on 7/8/17 at 1:24 am to sta4ever
Come on. You really think this is a valid question?
This post was edited on 7/8/17 at 1:42 am
Posted on 7/8/17 at 1:26 am to sta4ever
HARP doesn't exist, right? so how the hell are we supposed to know if it was set up?
Posted on 7/8/17 at 1:36 am to sta4ever
Well I know this will come off crazy but my powpow was well connected in government back in 65. They blew them levees back then to alleviate flooding up river. Not even being sarcastic.
Eta; in no way am I agreeing they did this for Katrina
Eta; in no way am I agreeing they did this for Katrina
This post was edited on 7/8/17 at 1:37 am
Posted on 7/8/17 at 1:40 am to sta4ever
That's BS
Posted on 7/8/17 at 4:29 am to 1BamaRTR
People think Babe Ruth was black.
Posted on 7/8/17 at 4:56 am to notiger1997
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half arse walls along the canal was a good idea. Not to mention the shoddy construction and maintenance
The wall design was and still is for much of the city was sheet pile with a concrete cap. How anyone thought that this was a good idea is beyond me. The new wall design included 65 ft I-beam piles and a 60 ft long pile cap. The new walls aren't going anywhere. Not to worry though. There are still miles of the flimsy,shabby,poorly designed sheet pile walls left to fail at some future date.
Posted on 7/8/17 at 8:19 am to bencoleman
Well the good thing is at least at the major canals they have the pump stations to block lake water from flowing freely into the canals.
I feel pretty confident that the new protections in place would protect Nola from another Katrina. At least above the industrial canal anyway.
I feel pretty confident that the new protections in place would protect Nola from another Katrina. At least above the industrial canal anyway.
Posted on 7/8/17 at 9:37 am to MottLaneKid
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When people believe their story of victimhood, they will create any narrative to blame others for their misfortune.
The Katrina myth probably has much of its origins from the government purposely blowing up levees in rural and poor areas in 1927 to save the rest of New Orleans.
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When the river finally rose at New Orleans, there was seepage at some points along the city’s levee system. There was severe street flooding in New Orleans in mid-April, but that was the result of heavy rain and a short-circuit at a drainage plant, not because of the calamity brewing upriver. On April 29, authorities took a drastic step. To relieve the threat of a levee break at New Orleans, engineers dynamited one at Caernarvon, sending floodwaters sweeping across lower St. Bernard and Plaquemines parishes and forcing about 10,000 people from their homes.
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This post was edited on 7/8/17 at 9:38 am
Posted on 7/8/17 at 9:38 am to sta4ever
Spike Lee bullshite.
Posted on 7/8/17 at 11:05 am to iamAG
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crime driven
It's crime ridden you dipshit.
Posted on 7/8/17 at 11:11 am to bencoleman
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The wall design was and still is for much of the city was sheet pile with a concrete cap. How anyone thought that this was a good idea is beyond me
The politicians who were stealing money not actually spent on the levees
Posted on 7/8/17 at 12:14 pm to recruitnik
I know the difference between driven and ridden douche. I meant driven. It's baffling you can't grasp how the sentence with driven differs from the one ending in ridden. Go play in the French Quarter at night.
Posted on 7/8/17 at 1:02 pm to lesgeaux
Loots heiniken, drinks MGD.
Posted on 7/9/17 at 11:51 am to Aristo
Is the OT Katrina thread available to browse ?
Posted on 7/9/17 at 1:14 pm to sta4ever
Katrina was NOT a setup by the gov't. The people in gov't are not smart enough to think that far in advance.
The Army corps of engineers built the levees, but did not build some of them well enough. Those levees failed. That is the only gov't association with the levees.
The Army corps of engineers built the levees, but did not build some of them well enough. Those levees failed. That is the only gov't association with the levees.
Posted on 7/9/17 at 1:16 pm to djmicrobe
how can you be 100% sure?
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