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<blockquote data-quote="Belen" data-source="post: 2538299" data-attributes="member: 1405">Exactly.&nbsp; Add this to the fact the neither New Orleans or LA has ponied up the required matching funds for Federal dollars in years.&nbsp; I sympathize here, but we cannot really play the blame game.&nbsp; They were supposed to begin serious upgraded to the system in 1965.&nbsp; If we want to blame people, then every administration and congress for the last 40 years can be blamed for not providing the cash.&nbsp; And the levees that did fail were the areas that has already been upgraded...to withstand a Cat 3 (the city and state agreed that Cat 3 protection was the most cost effective.)I heard this morning that NO cops were turning in their badges rather than fight the looters.&nbsp; They feel as if they lost everything and do not see a reason to risk their lives too.There is not much that can be done right now.&nbsp; The infrastructure is gone and we have 90k square miles of destruction.&nbsp; How can FEMA deal with that amount?&nbsp; If they deploy more people to NO, then they have less people to help places in MS or AL.&nbsp; They are in a lose-lose situation.And I cannot imagine the nightmares these people will have for the rest of the lives on both sides of the disaster.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Belen, post: 2538299, member: 1405"] Exactly. Add this to the fact the neither New Orleans or LA has ponied up the required matching funds for Federal dollars in years. I sympathize here, but we cannot really play the blame game. They were supposed to begin serious upgraded to the system in 1965. If we want to blame people, then every administration and congress for the last 40 years can be blamed for not providing the cash. And the levees that did fail were the areas that has already been upgraded...to withstand a Cat 3 (the city and state agreed that Cat 3 protection was the most cost effective.) I heard this morning that NO cops were turning in their badges rather than fight the looters. They feel as if they lost everything and do not see a reason to risk their lives too. There is not much that can be done right now. The infrastructure is gone and we have 90k square miles of destruction. How can FEMA deal with that amount? If they deploy more people to NO, then they have less people to help places in MS or AL. They are in a lose-lose situation. And I cannot imagine the nightmares these people will have for the rest of the lives on both sides of the disaster. [/QUOTE]

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