Re: Geology is a dangerous business

In 1965, the Army Corps of Engineers designed the so-called Lake
Pontchartrain Hurricane Barrier Project. It required a complete reworking of
the levees and two massive storm gates that could close off the Rigolets and
Chef Menteur Pass if a hurricane was approaching. It was passed by congress
and signed into law by then President Lyndon Johnson. This massive flood
prevention project by the Army Corps of Engineers, the foremost authority on
watersheds, storm drainage and flooding in the United States, the President
of the United States and the House of Representatives and US Senate were all
overruled by a bunch of ignorant alarmist environmentalists, wanting to
strike a blow for a few plant species and amphibious species, having blatant
disregard for the most important species there, the Human Species.

This project, if built by the Corps of Engineers, would have prevented the
disaster that recently caused the destruction of the entire city of New
Orleans. But instead of considering facts, scientific evidence, and the
recommendations of the most credible source in this country, the Save Our
Wetlands group and others, filed a massive lawsuit to block the construction
of this project. They managed to keep the Corps of Engineers tied up in
courts for about 10 years, until the Corps was forced to give up on its life
saving plan to protect the people of the city of New Orleans. At the time
the projected cost was $85,000,000. The estimated cost of the hurricane is
currently placed in the range of $150,000,000,000. There have been a
thousand of lives lost, due to the breach of the dam and levies around Lake
Pontchartrain.

"The project was stopped on Dec. 30, 1977, by U.S. District Judge Charles
Schwartz Jr., who said the corps' environmental impact statement had failed
to satisfy federal environmental laws.

Schwartz ruled that the region "would be irreparably harmed" if the barrier
project was allowed to continue. He chastised the Army for its inadequate
environmental impact statement, which was based in part on a single
biologist who never submitted a written report." 1

This is how the environmental movement functions, they provide reactionary
babble to refute scientific facts, in this case, submitted by the most
credible source in the country, the US Army Corps of Engineers. Their well
financed, and heavily promoted legal battle against the efforts of the Corps
of Engineers to protect the People of New Orleans finally succeeded to stop
the project.

In my opinion, this would make the environmental movement, and all those
that contributed financially to this heinous effort, libel for the needless
destruction of the City of New Orleans and the needless death of its
citizens that perished as a result of the horrendous flooding that occurred
as a result of the breach of Lake Pontchartrain.

Statistically, the storm was predictable, the only question was when would
it strike the area. The Corps of Engineers had used the best, most reliable
principles of hydrology, and civil engineering to arrive at their conclusion
that the drainage structures including the lake and the canals, needed to be
rebuilt to handle a large storm event. The environmental movement used some
half baked vodoo "scientific experts" and reactionary, inflammatory rhetoric
to whip up a legal case to block the actions of the Corps of Engineers.
Their commenting on the Corps of Engineers plan, would be like a deranged
crack addict laying in the gutter rendering a "professional" opinion on
Albert Einstein's Theory of Relativity. While the drug addict might have an
opinion, I am certain that any rational person of average intelligence could
see that it would be pretty much worthless. Unfortunately the US District
Judge in this case was not that bright.


"George" <george@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:Wkthf.576983$_o.144840@xxxxxxxxxxxx
>
> "jonathan" <maatschj@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:P7thf.20976$s92.1471@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>
>> "Jo Schaper" <joschapern4ospam@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
>> news:11obud74aa60j3d@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>
>> http://www.stltoday.com/stltoday/news/stories.nsf/sciencemedicine/story/04CCC9EC44BB2EA6862570C2001C613A?OpenDocument
>>
>>
>> Such assholes as this fellow should be run out of town on a rail.
>>
>>
>> Main Entry: op·por·tun·ism
>> Pronunciation: -'tü-"ni-z&m, -'tyü-
>> Function: noun
>> : the art, policy, or practice of taking advantage of opportunities or
>> circumstances often with little regard for principles or consequences
>>
>>
>> He's getting his name in the paper. Are you that much
>> of a sucker?
>>
>
> More ad hominems. No suprises here.
>
> George
>


.