The Loss of Natural Defenses

Abstract

Even Before Katrina’s floodwaters had drained away, the investigations had begun. One of the patterns to emerge from those investigations is that the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers continues to disagree, strongly, with the critics of MRGO—meaning that the agency’s officials, at least, would almost certainly disagree with almost everything in this chapter. In the interest of fairness, accordingly, we will turn first to the official views of the Corps before summarizing the ways in which independent experts—and affected citizens—view the relevant evidence.