From: "Robert G Lewis" 


"Phil Payne"  wrote in
message news:4409af13{at}w3....
>> And the levies having been built to even less than their rated capacity
>> and warnings having been given across several administrations count for
>> nothing?
>
> How high the leves were counts for squat. The prediction took that into
> account.
>
> He obviously didn't have the time to build them up.  But he did have the
> time to evacuate.
>
>

There have been some stories indicating that the failed levees were not
properly constructed.

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