Not even a joke here. Someone (hiya, Shrub) seems intent on killing this city. This is unbelievable- and terrifying.
"“It blows my mind.”
Those are the words St. Bernard parish president Craig Taffaro used to watch videotape Eyewitness News showed him, of floodwalls built to protect his parish. the witness says two years ago, he saw the contractor filling the expansion joint or opening between the floodwalls with newspaper.
“The whole length of the wall was stuffed with newspaper.”
And when he confronted the contractor, the contractor blamed Washington for the substandard work.
... during a recent trip to the area, two years later, it was apparent that didn't happen. Much of the newspaper had deteriorated or been eaten by bugs, but some still remained. In fact WWL cameras even captured the date May 21, 2006, on a page of the Parade magazine from the Times-Picayune.
Eyewitness News asked local engineer Subhash Kulkarni to investigate the findings at the floodwall. Kulkarni is a member of the American Society of Civil Engineers. The ASCE named him outstanding civil engineer in Louisiana back in 2003.
“I cannot even comprehend that somebody would stuff some newspaper in there.” " LINK to full story with video
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I live in NO and every day live with the shock and horror of what happened here. It is still impossible to comprehend, and every day is a struggle to live in the city I love, and that is so deeply in my heart. Today, I amaze myself with a compliment and thank you to McCain, who was here yesterday. He looked so appropriately angry, ashamed, and shocked, and said; "Stop TALKING about fixing the levees, and just do it!". NO is one of the most uique, magical, precious, cities on earth, and other countries can protect theirs, and the US can too!!
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