The Corps Dodges Again
"We will all be surprised," Dan Hitchings recently told a congressional committee, "when it is soon shown how much water poured into New Orleans before certain floodwalls collapsed."
It is no longer news when a Corps spokesman evades or denys responsibility for the Post-Katrina flooding disaster in New Orleans. But after Lt. General Carl Strock, Corps of Engineers Director, admitted that design errors caused at least some of the flooding, there was reason to hope they were moving on.
No such luck. Dan Hitchings is head of the Corps' civilian Task Force Guardian. He made the statement above at a Congressional hearing last week -- a statement immediately contradicted by two of the independant agencies investigating the disaster.
When we were children our parents taught us to admit our transgressions, accept our punishment and never do it again. Those in FEMA and the Corps could use some remedial training.
It is no longer news when a Corps spokesman evades or denys responsibility for the Post-Katrina flooding disaster in New Orleans. But after Lt. General Carl Strock, Corps of Engineers Director, admitted that design errors caused at least some of the flooding, there was reason to hope they were moving on.
No such luck. Dan Hitchings is head of the Corps' civilian Task Force Guardian. He made the statement above at a Congressional hearing last week -- a statement immediately contradicted by two of the independant agencies investigating the disaster.
When we were children our parents taught us to admit our transgressions, accept our punishment and never do it again. Those in FEMA and the Corps could use some remedial training.
posted by Carl at 9:30 PM
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