Heckuva Job We've Done...

Conundrum: As the Bushco Brownies at FEMA pat themselves on the back for a job well done in NOLA, the head of the Army Corps of Engineers raises doubts about the adequacy of the new levee system.

Conclusion: The Big Easy is fucked, big time.

Feds Say New Orleans Is Storm - Ready - New York Times

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Federal emergency officials claim New Orleans levee system is ready for another major hurricane, despite the less-optimistic views of other political leaders and engineers.

''I think we're in good shape,'' Don Powell, the Bush Administratrion's coordinator of Gulf Coast rebuilding, said Sunday. ''There's no question in my mind, we're ready.''

Army Corps worries about Big Easy levees - Yahoo! News

NEW ORLEANS - Despite aggressive efforts to repair the New Orleans levee system following the destruction of Hurricane Katrina, it isn't clear yet whether it could withstand a hurricane with heavy storm surge this year, the head of the Army Corps of Engineers conceded Saturday.

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