Army Corps of Engineers Responsible for Much of Katrina’s Damage, Judge Rules

By: Steve Maley (Diary)  |  November 18th at 11:29 PM  | 

U.S. District Judge Stanwood Duval Jr. ruled Wednesday that the Army Corps of Engineers mismanaged the maintenance of the shipping channel known as the “Mister GO” (the Mississippi River Gulf Outlet, MR-GO), leading directly to the flooding of thousands of homes and businesses in St. Bernard Parish and the New Orleans neighborhood known as the Lower Ninth Ward. The case directly involves $700,000 in damages | Read More »