Bob Marshall's views on Van Heerden's firing and the sorry state of flood protection in SE Louisiana are right on the money.
Van Heerden should be reinstated with a public appology and commendation for his high ethical standards.
The Times Picayuine should also continue to assess the safety of SE Louisiana as it has aound Katrina but has lapsed in recent times. Even those faults acknolwedged by the Corps' IPET study, such as system-in-name-only, no one's in charge, informed public, and safety criticality, have not been adequately addressed let alone remedied.
The real solution was suggested to us by the Dutch: put safety first and use a systems approach when safety is on the line. Anything less condems us to drown again and again.
Posted on Bob Marshall: LSU ouster of Ivor van Heerden removes most honest appraiser of city's levee failures on April 15, 2009, 9:08AM
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