New Orleans levees get a near-failing grade in new corps rating system

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A new Army Corps of Engineers rating system for the nation’s levees is about to deliver a near-failing grade to New Orleans area dikes, despite the internationally acclaimed $10 billion effort to rebuild the system in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, corps…

How does that happen.

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    Filed under Bad News.

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    Ouch :/ thought they were doing better

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    How does that happen.

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    Will we ever learn?

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    Who gave News Corp authority to rate our levees?!

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    Is there anything Americans can actually do right? Why is absolutely everything some kind of scam or just shitty in...

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    Isn’t there something brewing in the Atlantic right about now?

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