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[JohnR]

Originally Posted by outfished

The Army Corps of Engineers are mostly to blame for creating that levy system that now is wreaking havoc in the delta. I read a report that if the area had been left alone to let vegetation like the mangroves and trees grow there, the extent of the damage would've not been as high. Your right, people should not be living there and I firmly believe they should not be allowed to rebuild in such high risk areas. Look at the amount of silt that gets deposited at the mouth of the mississippi because of the levy system, it's an ecological disaster.

The ACoE and FEMA have also stated that the system needed to be greatly enhanced but were given only part of the funding to do so.

As much as I feel for many of the residents all over I am upset that people need to loot (essentials I can understand) but the people that had the means and did not leave not only endangered themsevles but the rescue personal and disaster recovery from doing their jobs...