Hurricane Katrina

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January 15, 2015

 

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As a result of the growing concern, immediately after the extensive flooding caused during Hurricane Betsy in 1965, a Lake Pontchartrain Hurricane Barrier was designed by the Army Corps of Engineers in a design similar to the floodgates that protect the Netherlands from the North Sea. Construction began in 1971 with funding provided by the United States Congress and was stopped by a federal court in 1977 because of the projects insufficient environmental impact plan...
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Construction began in 1971 with funding provided by the United States Congress and was stopped by a federal court in 1977 because of the projects insufficient environmental impact plan. Construction never resumed and the existing levees and floodwalls were simply and inadequately reinforced. The Houston Chronicle published a story in 2001, stating a severe hurricane hitting New Orleans would strand hundreds of thousands of people and flood the city...
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