But as always, there are spoilsports trying to ruin the party. Certain so-called "experts" are saying that the rebuilt levees are actually substantially weaker than the original ones that failed during Katrina. They claim that inferior materials are being used to rebuild the flood control system, and the fact that the job is being rushed means that the new levees are not being allowed to fully settle. Also, a plan to "armor" the levees with concrete has been postponed. And if that's not enough to worry about, the experts are also warning that existing floodwalls that were damaged last summer are not being repaired, making them more susceptible to failure during a future storm.
Oh please.... You give some people an engineering degree and suddenly they think they know everything. The fact is that the Bush administration has already established that much of alleged science is nothing but a crock.
Evolution? A crock. Global warming? Crock. So what makes these engineers think their science is so damn special? Besides, what are the odds of another major hurricane hitting a city that happens to sit along the coast of one of the world's most prolific incubators for major tropical cyclones? It's probably less than 50/50. Okay, maybe 60/40. And certainly no more than 70/30.
Besides, Brokeback Mountain lost at the Oscars. God has no reason to punish us.
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