I thought the levys broke because of a hurricane and high water levels not lack of funding.
This levy problem has been a buggaboo for a very long time.
The 17th street canal , the main break as I understand was a "completed" project according to the Corps of engineers.
Shoulda coulda wouldas are useless now except as lessons for the future. Hopefully we're all paying attention.?
http://www.nola.com/hurricane/katrin...dgetworse.html
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/n...,5853346.story