Levees’ Construction Faulted In New Orleans Flood Inquiry

Investigators yesterday added a possible new explanation for some of the flooding that devastated New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina: contractors who may have skimped on construction materials in building the city’s floodwalls and levees. Experts probing the cause of the flooding have received at least a dozen allegations of major cheating by builders and possibly others involved in levee construction. The list of alleged misdeeds includes the use of weak, poorly compacted soils in levee construction and deliberate skimping on steel pilings used to anchor floodwalls to the ground.

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2 thoughts on “Levees’ Construction Faulted In New Orleans Flood Inquiry

  1. Ken Bingham

    The Levee breaches werenâ??t caused by a government conspiracy to hurt blacks; it wasnâ??t even caused by aliens from the â??Mother Shipâ?. Evidence shows it was just shoddy workmanship and contractors cutting corners that are to blame for the levee breaks during Hurricane Katrina, proof positive that that New Orleans was a corrupt cesspool of government officials and private business on the take.

    Nice Blog! I left you a link!

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  2. Ken Bingham

    The Levee breaches weren???t caused by a government conspiracy to hurt blacks; it wasn???t even caused by aliens from the ???Mother Ship???. Evidence shows it was just shoddy workmanship and contractors cutting corners that are to blame for the levee breaks during Hurricane Katrina, proof positive that that New Orleans was a corrupt cesspool of government officials and private business on the take.

    Nice Blog! I left you a link!

    Reply

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