RHF wrote:

Political Coruption Siphoning-Off of Money at both
the State and City Levels was the Root Cause of the
Destruction of New Orleans by Hurricane Katrina
because the Levees protecting the City were not
improved and maintained with the $1.9B Federal
Funds provided; while California got $1.4B.
http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/arc...ederal_funds_/

Hurricane Katrina : Louisiana Federal Money Not Spent on Levees
http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/arc..._n ot_levees/
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Outsidethebeltway.com? Sheesh.

$2 billion wasn't enough, )even if the Army was under control of Ray Nagin.)

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/orleans/vanheerden.html