Reply #7: The fight over the levee system

[sandnsea]

It wasn't just a budget situation. There was also a fight over whether the levees were the right way to manage the river for both practical and environmental purposes. Improving wetlands, figuring ways to let the river build the delta again, they were trying to find the best long term plan for the entire area along with protecting New Orleans against a hurricane. Factor in the oil industry that just wants to do things in their best interest and distort all the other science. This was much more than a failure of the Corps of Engineers. In fact, it's like everything else we're facing, it was a political failure. We aren't dealing with virgin lands anymore, the chickens are coming home to roost.