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Hi, Gabe .........from what I have read, and info from present and (possibly more importantly) former technical employees of the Corps, and interested elected officials, neither of the levees that failed (Industrial or 17th St) were ever slated for improvements. There have been a few flood protection projects under way for years now, and funding has been a growing problem, but even if *all* the monies that were ever requested were made available all along the way, the city would still be under water today. Have you read otherwise? Hi Jim SP9033 ..... How do the lower Mississippi levees aid in navigation? Can you point me to the material at the Corps' web site ..... I don't know where exactly to look. I know that a theory has often been brought up that .... if a levee system increases the volume of a section of the river, then it will scour the channel, keeping it clear. But I thought that civil engineers could not prove it, and the theory has always been dismissed. Aren't levees for flood protection, and dredging for navigation? Junctionfan ...... you called me stupid in your post. I wonder if you have the cojanes to call a man stupid to his face. Something tells me you don't. How many times does a coward die in his lifetime, Drew? Jim PS... I really am interested in what you guys have to say. My father's side of the family is from south Louisiana (LaFourche Parish) ..... two of his sisters got trapped in Camille's storm surge and drowned. So, I sometimes read up about the Mississippi River and its interactions with Louisiana and Mississippi.
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