Comments on: What stinks at the Louisiana Office of Emergency Preparedness? http://louisianaquestions.wordpress.com/2007/06/26/what-stinks-at-the-louisiana-office-of-emergency-preparedness/ Louisiana's state constitution gives parishes primacy in emergency planning and response Fri, 04 Dec 2009 17:16:25 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Sandy at Levees.Org http://louisianaquestions.wordpress.com/2007/06/26/what-stinks-at-the-louisiana-office-of-emergency-preparedness/#comment-33 Sandy at Levees.Org Thu, 28 Jun 2007 11:15:17 +0000 http://louisianaquestions.wordpress.com/2007/06/26/what-stinks-at-the-louisiana-office-of-emergency-preparedness/#comment-33 It was the role of the US Army Corps of Engineers to "care" about the levees, because by law, the responsibility for the design and construction belongs to the Army Corps. This has been true since 1965, is not disputed, and you can read it yourself in the Government Accountability Testimony to the US Senate on Sept 28, 2005. http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d051050t.pdf This means, by law not opinion, that the US Army Corps of Engineers and Congress is primarily responsible for the flooding of New Orleans and St. Bernard Parish. It was the role of the US Army Corps of Engineers to “care” about the levees, because by law, the responsibility for the design and construction belongs to the Army Corps. This has been true since 1965, is not disputed, and you can read it yourself in the Government Accountability Testimony to the US Senate on Sept 28, 2005.

http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d051050t.pdf

This means, by law not opinion, that the US Army Corps of Engineers and Congress is primarily responsible for the flooding of New Orleans and St. Bernard Parish.

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