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Originally Posted by gez
The levees in NO were built to withstand a force 3 hurricane. I heard that it would have cost $22million dollars to have strengthened them to withstand force 5 hurricane but they decided not to do this. Looks like it could have been avoided if the work had been undertaken.
Simulation tests a few years ago predicted the devastation that would be caused by the levees giving way and this has now happened.
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I don't think it would be just 22 million dollars. I know that here in holland we have the same problem and that is the amount for just one dyke (or levee) not the whole system.