At a press conference on Friday at the New Orleans Saints headquarters, Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal responded to a Bayoubuzz question stating that he preferred a US Senate Congressional bill over a House bill which would include funding for levees in Louisiana creating protection for a one-hundred-year storm.
The legislation also provides criminal justice needs, health care and housing for low-income hurricane survivors and was passed as part of the Emergency Supplemental Spending bill for Iraq and Afghanistan. The Senate legislation was assisted by Louisiana US Senator Mary Landrieu and West Virginia US Senator, Robert Byrd
The difference in the House and the Senate versions includes the amount of money for Louisiana and the method of payment for reimbursement to the United States Army Corps of Engineers.
Jindal emphasized the importance of building the fortified levees by the year 2011 and said he had talked to various parties including the President, key members of Congress and members of the legislative delegation about the issue.
The Senate version would allow Louisiana to repay the Corps 1.3 billion over 30 years rather than 3 years which is set out in the House bill.
Jindal emphasized the importance the levee system to the City of New Orleans and the State of Louisiana and said that the current Congressional vehicle for funding,--a supplemental appropriations bill--could be the right way to proceed, although he acknowledged that the road could be difficult with vetoes.
The Senate version also includes money for the criminal justice system, hospitals, housing and NASA.
There are more than just a few new designs and technologies out there that can reduce the percentage spread stated KPF. But I do appreciate some statistical data on the subject.... And thank you for your input.... It is always good to know a little more about any subject when pertinent.... That is how folks learn from mistakes made....... and how to avoid making the same in the future..... Written by
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Interesting article, the "there are two kinds of levees... those that have failed and those that will fail" says it all. Even the vaunted "100-yr levee protection" simply means the odds are 40% it will fail every 50 years (http://levees.org/wp/?p=137) - that could be tomorrow or next week.
http://www.illinoisfloods.org/documents/IAFSM_Levee%20Article.pdf Written by kpf
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Nope, not 3, not 30...................... 1 year.................. toe the line... Louisiana is not deservant of anything more than that...... Not in this decade, not in the next....... Bunch of crybabies... Written by
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