Michel Blangy wrote:
> Where the levees designed for a direct hit by a category 5??????
>
> -Michel
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Abolhassan Astaneh-Asl [mailto:astaneh@ce.berkeley.edu]
> Sent: Friday, November 20, 2009 7:29 AM
> To: seaint@seaint.org
> Cc: S. Rosenthal "
> Subject: RE: Federal judge rules Corps of Engineers liable for flood
> damage
>
>
> Dear Michel and Chance:
>
> If one of those 1500 people who died during the flooding that according
> to independent and highly qualified experts on levees and now according
> to a federal judge was caused by Corps of Engineers negligence, would
> you still say the same thing as you say here in a very angry tone?
>
> If the body of a victim of this flooding which was floating in the dirty
> flood waters of Ward 9 as we saw in horror on our TV screens was , God
> forbid the body of one of your family members or other loved ones, would
> you still say the things that you are saying in your post in defense of
> these irresponsible engineers?
>
> Please think about it when you are gathering around the table this
> Thanksgiving.
>
> Thank you
>
> Regards.
> "Hassan"
> Abolhassan Astaneh-Asl, Ph.D., P.E., Professor
> UC Berkeley
>
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> From: "Michel Blangy" <mblangy@satco-inc.com>
> To: <seaint@seaint.org>
> Subject: RE: Federal judge rules Corps of Engineers liable for flood damage
>
> ditto
>
> From: Chance, Acie [mailto:AChance@lacsd.org]
> Sent: Thursday, November 19, 2009 8:34 AM
> To: seaint@seaint.org
> Subject: RE: Federal judge rules Corps of Engineers liable for flood
> damage
>
>
> ....... Lets all blame the federal government for everything,
> then WE THE PEOPLE are not responsible for anything. The Corp of
> Engineers are the same as any government agency. They had requested
> funding to work on the levees but the tax payers did not want to pony up
> the money. WE THE PEOPLE do not want to pay more taxes but we want the
> government to take care of us in all things.
>
> ...........
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