Sobering Thoughts
"I'm expecting that some people who are die-hards will die hard."
~Aaron Broussard, Jefferson Parish council President, when asked about residents in his parish which includes majar suburbs and juts all the way to the storm-vulnerable coast who elected to stay, despite the evacuation warnings.
"It all really makes you wonder what the French were doing when they built this place."
~Stevan Spencer, the Orleans Levee District's chief engineer, as he described the 129-mile system of pumps and levees, which still needs $50 million to complete, that was designed to resist a fast-moving, dry Category 3 storm -- in short, nothing like Katrina. Spencer further opined: "If the levees hold but the water spills over, the water will be almost impossible to remove, considering the pumps will be swamped and shut down."
~Aaron Broussard, Jefferson Parish council President, when asked about residents in his parish which includes majar suburbs and juts all the way to the storm-vulnerable coast who elected to stay, despite the evacuation warnings.
"It all really makes you wonder what the French were doing when they built this place."
~Stevan Spencer, the Orleans Levee District's chief engineer, as he described the 129-mile system of pumps and levees, which still needs $50 million to complete, that was designed to resist a fast-moving, dry Category 3 storm -- in short, nothing like Katrina. Spencer further opined: "If the levees hold but the water spills over, the water will be almost impossible to remove, considering the pumps will be swamped and shut down."
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