Hurricane protection system in New Orleans noted as a system in name only

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2008-12-18

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Virginia Tech. University Relations

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The failure of the New Orleans' levees after Hurricane Katrina struck the coastal city in 2005 is now labeled "the worst engineering disaster of the United States" by a professional organization that knows -- the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE).

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College of Engineering

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