September 08, 2005
Taking bets
Some New Orleans evacutees at the Houston Astrodome are claiming that the military exploded the levees to keep certain posh parts of New Orleans from being destroyed. An alternate theory is that a barge hit the levee causing the flooding.
How long before these conspiracy theories make it to Daily Kos's front page and then how long after that before the NY Times picks it up?
Posted by Karol at September 8, 2005 11:42 AM | TrackBackTechnorati Tags: Military+exploded+levees Exploded+levees Barge+hit+levees Katrina+Conspiracy+Theories Katrina Hurricane+Katrina
And via the Kos link I see the Guardian has noted the story too.
Posted by: Karol at September 8, 2005 12:05 PMI'm no engineer, but wouldn't exploding the levees put those areas at greater risk?
Posted by: Marco at September 8, 2005 01:03 PMThey're all wrong. The residents of New Orleans themselves broke the levy because they were, you know, underpriveileged and looking for Texas to work out well for them..
Posted by: toby at September 8, 2005 03:16 PM
Actually, the residents blew up the levees because they wanted waterfront property.
Bush had Rove blow up the levee to distract media attention from Kos's secret plan to destroy the DLC. Bush has turned over implementation of Kos's plan to FEMA.
Posted by: Wayne at September 8, 2005 08:18 PMAccording to the WSJ, levee breaches occured during the storm as well as the big one after:
"On Aug. 29, as Hurricane Katrina brought chaos to this city, three massive waves of water poured largely unseen into the eastern section of town and neighboring St. Bernard Parish.
One surged west, off a churning Lake Borgne. Another came across from Lake Pontchartrain in the north. That sent a steel barge ramming through the Industrial Canal, a major shipping artery that cuts north to south through the city, possibly scything a breach that became 500 feet long, letting waters pour into nearby neighborhoods. "
Posted by: Yehudit at September 9, 2005 11:04 AM
