Levees

The Corps of Engineers has almost finished repairing the levees that failed to pre-Katrina strength. There are two problems: 1) pre-Katrina strength is not good enough and 2) the levees that did not fail were not repaired.

(One technical note, pre-Katrina strength means repairing the levees to the height they were supposed to be. In most cases, they had sunk several feet over the years.)

So now we have a situation where the levees protecting the flooded destroyed parts of New Orleans are stronger and higher then the levees protecting the areas that did not flood (or only flooded a little). If a new storm comes, the levees protecting the least damaged areas (or undamaged areas) of the city will fail and then there will be nothing left.

Lets hope we make it through this season...