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Originally Posted by russiankid
Well this is old new that it is being blamed on Army Corps of Engineers. The flood gates have not been serviced in 10+ years IIRC. The were not built to withstand a category 5 storm. So with the added bonus of ****ty drain systems, the gates broke. Otherwise, Katrina would not have been that bad and really wasn't.
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Wait, you just said the floodgates weren't built to withstand category 5 storms(hurricanes). That means that you think Katrina was a category 5 when it hit land, yet say it wasn't that bad? Please tell me you are tired and made a mistake.