Comments on: Katrina’s Levee Failures: Cleansing the Corps http://www.anthonares.net/2006/01/katrinas-levee-failures-cleansing.html Chronicling and Commenting on Human Progress Wed, 07 Jan 2009 15:05:06 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2 By: Tim http://www.anthonares.net/2006/01/katrinas-levee-failures-cleansing.html#comment-119 Tim Sat, 21 Jan 2006 23:34:00 +0000 http://www.anthonares.net/2006/01/katrinas-levee-failures-cleansing.html#comment-119 Thanks for writing about our plight in New Orleans. I'm living and blogging here, and I can tell you that I hope we learned our lesson. The Corps has been using the 100-year storm for hurricane protection, while the Dutch and others use a 10,000-year standard. Would you get on an airplane if you knew you had 1 in 100 odds of getting killed? It's time we provided appropriate protection for our citizens. Over 1,100 are dead--have we learned our lesson? Peace, Tim Thanks for writing about our plight in New Orleans. I’m living and blogging here, and I can tell you that I hope we learned our lesson. The Corps has been using the 100-year storm for hurricane protection, while the Dutch and others use a 10,000-year standard. Would you get on an airplane if you knew you had 1 in 100 odds of getting killed? It’s time we provided appropriate protection for our citizens. Over 1,100 are dead–have we learned our lesson?
Peace,
Tim

]]> By: Anthony Kendall http://www.anthonares.net/2006/01/katrinas-levee-failures-cleansing.html#comment-118 Anthony Kendall Wed, 18 Jan 2006 18:46:00 +0000 http://www.anthonares.net/2006/01/katrinas-levee-failures-cleansing.html#comment-118 Bruce, Thanks for the heads up on that, I will make sure to check it out. Bruce,
Thanks for the heads up on that, I will make sure to check it out.

]]> By: FlyingSinger http://www.anthonares.net/2006/01/katrinas-levee-failures-cleansing.html#comment-117 FlyingSinger Wed, 18 Jan 2006 18:40:00 +0000 http://www.anthonares.net/2006/01/katrinas-levee-failures-cleansing.html#comment-117 Very good post on this difficult subject. There's an interesting article in the Feb. 2006 issue of Popular Science on five innovative technology solutions (from various experts) that could provide a "category-5 strength defense." But the costs would be enormous and the timetable for some of them very long. -Bruce Very good post on this difficult subject. There’s an interesting article in the Feb. 2006 issue of Popular Science on five innovative technology solutions (from various experts) that could provide a “category-5 strength defense.” But the costs would be enormous and the timetable for some of them very long.

-Bruce

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