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Residents of and around Jean Lafitte, La. say they haven't seen storm damage like this before. And they say the federal government could have done more for them as it did for the city upriver.
Residents of and around Jean Lafitte, La. say they haven't seen storm damage like this before. And they say the federal government could have done more for them as it did for the city upriver.
Residents of and around Jean Lafitte, La. say they haven't seen storm damage like this before. And they say the federal government could have done more for them as it did for the city upriver.
>> the system was very complicated. the west closure alone was 1.1 billion. like i said, the entire system of greater new orleans was 14.7. with the authority on the west bank managers about $3.5 billion worth of infrastructure. so we -- it is a lot to manage. 80 miles of levees and flood walls, the hurricane protection levees, the mississippi river, so a full-time job. we start preparing for hurricane season on the last day of hurricane season, start preparing for the next one. we do that every year. my team performed flawlessly. the levees have done their job albeit they are pushed to their ...
>> with all of the soul fearing retrospectives on tv tonight and previous days we want to concentrate on what has been going right down and around the big easy and nothing exemplifies the positive than the gigantic even herculean efforts of the army corps of engineers to put a circle of steel and concrete around new orleans that can defy even a 100 year storm. sue oo if there's ever an example of going from tragedy to triumph it would be here the west closure complex it's a giant dam essentially which is going to help protect the new orleans district from flooding. flooding that occurred durin...