[SEL] Engineers

[Judge Tommy Turner]

Joe,

    I may have heard the same report that you did discussing the section 
of flood wall being the "newest" section constructed.  However, the 
person I heard discussing it also stated that the sub structure it was 
built on was older construction with weak subsurface strength.  He 
stated that the proper construction would have required extensive 
dredging, construction of a temporary retaining wall and complete 
reconstruction of the sub structure when the newer top portion was 
added.  Lack of funding prohibited the full rehab.  He surmised that the 
sub structure gave way and allowed the concrete retaining wall, which 
was several feet high, to creel over and let the water in.  You're right 
that without engineers, there would be no one to blame.  But, they have 
to design the best structure that can be built........ with the funds 
that are available.

Tommy Turner
Magnolia, KY



Joe & Jewel Maurer wrote:

>Tommy,
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>Was good to see you and the SEL group at Portland.  As a retired engineer I might be insulted but I'm not.  If there were no engineers, on whom would we blame failures?  The dude from the Army Corp of Engineers says the part of the dike that failed was brand new and that's as good as it gets.  "Short of building castle walls, New Orleans cannot be protected from all potential hurricane damage".  Maybe he was just covering his posterior.
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>Joe
>Toadhill Farm
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