tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11210638.post825518241730414258..comments2007-08-14T16:19:46.900-04:00Tom Noyeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05304960210838414244noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11210638.post-62571494398990018712007-08-14T16:19:00.000-04:002007-08-14T16:19:00.000-04:00Thanks for the link.TommyWonkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05304960210838414244noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11210638.post-49612947718606927212007-08-14T15:51:00.000-04:002007-08-14T15:51:00.000-04:00This was a very good article, thanks! <BR/><BR/>Grunwald certainly has his issues with the Corps, but he is certainly right that there is no real water resources policy for the US and there is no solid feasibility (or prioritization) review for requested water projects. And the lack of water policy can be see not just in the Mississippi River Basin, but also in the use of the Oglala Aquifer, coastal resources tasks, and anything related to the Colorado River. Congresspeople and the Administration (multiple Administrations) have been willing to point the Corps at various crises to do something now to mask the real systemic issues.<BR/><BR/>Interestingly, the Corps never has to deal with Congress in the way that most engineers have to deal with their clients. All the Corps has to do is say yes and deliver (mostly) on the requests. The Corps does do its military and its Work for Others in a very different relationship with its stakeholders.<BR/><BR/>Also -- the Harry Shearer interview with Professor Von Heerden is here: http://www.harryshearer.com/news/le_show/. Scroll down to the August 27, 2006 entry for the podcast.oedipa maasnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11210638.post-20454024369305689812007-08-10T16:05:00.000-04:002007-08-10T16:05:00.000-04:00Just yesterday, Harry Shearer posted this on New Orleans over at Huffington Post:<BR/><BR/>http://www.huffingtonpost.com/harry-shearer/why-new-orleanians-feel-n_b_59869.htmlTommyWonkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05304960210838414244noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11210638.post-3457956676654837592007-08-10T14:21:00.000-04:002007-08-10T14:21:00.000-04:00I'm looking forward to reading this article. Mr. Grunwald did a bunch of articles in the Post some years ago on the Corps and their flood control projects on the Mississippi. Those articles made the Corps (and some of their contractors) pretty nervous at the time.<BR/><BR/>Have you heard any of Harry Shearer's shows on New Orleans? He did one shortly after Katrina talking about the cultural history of the city that was informative and heartbreaking. He also did one with the leader of the Team Louisiana engineering review, Ivor van Heerden which was very smart and very straightforward for a guy from Spinal Tap.oedipa maasnoreply@blogger.com