Bush Admin's New Hurricane Guidelines: "Nothing More Than Another Slap In The Face Of Louisiana"...

Associated Press Lara Jakes Jordan July 10, 2006 at 11:26 PM
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The Bush administration issued guidelines Monday for deciding how to protect Louisiana from the most dangerous hurricanes - plans that state officials said ignore specific fixes that could begin quickly.

The much-awaited report, developed by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, marked the first step in two years of planning how to rebuild New Orleans' levees, bolster Louisiana's coastline and develop other programs to control flooding from Category 5 storms...

...Sen. David Vitter, R-La., called it "nothing more than another slap in the face of Louisiana" and said the Army "decided to gut the report and remove all substance."

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