Hurricane Katrina and the Army Corps of Engineers

In early 2006, the USA CE released a report detailing the engineering failures in the levee system that had built that allowed Hurricane Katrina to engulf New Orleans. 350,000 people filed claims against the Army Corps of Engineers for its part would happen to New Orleans. None of those claims made it to court because of the Flood Control Act of 1928,. which grants legal immunity to the government in the event of failure of flood control projects like levees. The US Army Corps of engineers was completely absorbed of any liability. Six died in a flood seven years ago; Congress created a massive project for the Army corps of Engineers to renovate the 13 levee systems which protect New Orleans. But the Bush administration