I keep telling people this and they look at me like I'm a monster.
Former representative Bob Livingston (R-La.), who helped lead the charge for Corps projects in Louisiana when he chaired the House Appropriations Committee, noted that the earthen levees along Lake Pontchartrain had all held, while the concrete floodwalls had failed. He was especially concerned about the 17th Street barrier, saying it "shouldn't have broken." "I don't know if it's bad construction or bad design, but whoever the contractor is has a problem," said Livingston, now a lobbyist on Capitol Hill.
The levies NEVER broke. As for the floodwalls, there's growing concern that corrupt contractors (no, not in New Orleans) built inferior floodwalls that gave way.
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