Gazing at Breached Levees, Critics See Years of Missed Opportunities - New York Times
Read it : the whole "it won't happen on my watch" attitude
"Alfred C. Naomi, a senior project manager in the New Orleans district of the corps, said the New Orleans protection system was a vexing mix. It met the standards that were agreed on long ago, but was known to be inadequate.
'This storm was much greater than protection we were authorized to provide,' Mr. Naomi said.
Current and former local officials expressed anger at the lack of preparedness."
and:
"Since 1965, when the first large federal project was started to bolster New Orleans's levees and other defenses, there has been a tug of war over how sturdy, and expensive, to make a system that might, or might not, be needed.
Most aspects of the $732 million Lake Pontchartrain project have been completed, but the project remains behind schedule and underfinanced. Although Congress appropriated more than $4.7 billion for the Corps of Engineers this year, the spending on New Orleans levees was relatively small.
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