Four years ago this week, Hurricane Katrina tore into New Orleans. Hundreds of people lost their lives when floodwalls and levees protecting them failed. In the years since, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has worked to rebuild the hurricane protection system. An Army Corps engineer based in Los Angeles has charged that a key part of that system, pumping equipment on canals, will not work. KPCC’s Molly Peterson has carried out an extensive investigation of the engineer’s claim, and she has found that it could very well be true. In the first of four reports, Molly explains why New Orleans needed those new pumps.
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