On Sun, 05 Feb 2006 22:16:49 -0500, wrote:

On 5 Feb 2006 10:13:54 -0800, "
wrote:

Certinally those in new orleans who lost everything from porely
maintained levees should be made whole. the government screwed up not
building them right from day one

The problem was the silly idea you can actually be safe behind any
levee in the 140mph coastal wind zone.. They meed to barge in enough
dirt to get them 11' above sea level before they rebuild anything.
That is the FEMA rule everywhere else.


11'? that won't even touch it. Codes in south Mississippi were at
13' already and they're moving to 17' and that's not enough.