An engineering study was released yesterday on the root of the Corp of Engineer's misconceptions that the levy system should withstand a Katrina like hurricane.
CNN has a good article here
Decades of mistakes -- some as basic as not knowing the elevation of New Orleans -- led the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to believe its levees and floodwalls would protect the city
Full documentation is on this site
A US Census report mentioned in the article speaks to the population return and the need for rehabbed housing, the work we are currently doing:
The latest Census Bureau estimates, to be released Thursday, say that 10 months after the hurricane, Orleans Parish in Louisiana had slightly less than half the people it did before the storm. Nearby St. Bernard Parish had less than a fourth of its pre-storm population.
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