Bush Cut Hurricane, Flood Protection Funding to New Orleans
 

http://www.findarticles.com/p/articl...6/ai_n14657367

In fiscal year 2006, the New Orleans district of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is bracing for a record $71.2 million reduction in federal funding.

It would be the largest single-year funding loss ever for the New Orleans district, Corps officials said.

I've been here over 30 years and I've never seen this level of reduction, said Al Naomi, project manager for the New Orleans district. I think part of the problem is it's not so much the reduction, it's the drastic reduction in one fiscal year. It's the immediacy of the reduction that I think is the hardest thing to adapt to.

There is an economic ripple effect, too. The cuts mean major hurricane and flood protection projects will not be awarded to local engineering firms. Also, a study to determine ways to protect the region from a Category 5 hurricane has been shelved for now.

ouch and just when they need it but he couldn't have forseen this storm

how lovely

who fucking cares. That's totally irrelevant informaiton atm. You can count on new orleans receiving ass loads of help now. This shit could have been fixed ages ago truthfully.

Iraq is more important. Well at least Halliburton will get a no bid contract to rebuild New Orleans.

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How the fuck is it irrelevant? All the money being poured into Iraq meanwhile all the cuts here in the states? Yea, irrelevant.

how timely, Katrina has just started punding the Golf Coast and reported lots of damages already

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its cheaper to send people to iraq and kill children.