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We're talking about an incredible environmental disaster. - Ivor Heerden Quotes

We're talking about an incredible environmental disaster.

The bottom line I got out of this is that unless you were a lobbyist, they did not want you to participate. - Ivor Heerden Quotes

The bottom line I got out of this is that unless you were a lobbyist, they did not want you to participate.

If we don't undertake the levee reconstruction and coastal restoration, we're just leaving New Orleans more vulnerable than it was before. - Ivor Heerden Quotes

If we don't undertake the levee reconstruction and coastal restoration, we're just leaving New Orleans more vulnerable than it was before.

We agree that every single foot of the I-walls is suspect. When asked, we have constantly urged anyone returning to New Orleans to exercise caution, because the system now in place could fail in a Category 2 storm. It has already failed during a fast-moving Category 3 storm that missed New Orleans by 30 miles. - Ivor Heerden Quotes

We agree that every single foot of the I-walls is suspect. When asked, we have constantly urged anyone returning to New Orleans to exercise caution, because the system now in place could fail in a Category 2 storm. It has already failed during a fast-moving Category 3 storm that missed New Orleans by 30 miles.

I was basically shocked. What do lobbyists know about a plan for the reconstruction and restoration of Louisiana? - Ivor Heerden Quotes

I was basically shocked. What do lobbyists know about a plan for the reconstruction and restoration of Louisiana?

When it comes to a storm like this, the pumps are mission impossible. Number one, they aren't safe for the operators and the second thing is that you need very powerful systems with a very good electrical supply, but the more robust [a storm] is, the harder it is to operate [a pump]. As soon as you start that pump, every bit of trash that gets into the canal gets sucked into the pump. And as soon as buildings start coming apart, the level of debris shoots up dramatically. - Ivor Heerden Quotes

When it comes to a storm like this, the pumps are mission impossible. Number one, they aren't safe for the operators and the second thing is that you need very powerful systems with a very good electrical supply, but the more robust [a storm] is, the harder it is to operate [a pump]. As soon as you start that pump, every bit of trash that gets into the canal gets sucked into the pump. And as soon as buildings start coming apart, the level of debris shoots up dramatically.

We're doing repairs on the breaches, but there are many, many, many miles of levee that we don't have any idea of. - Ivor Heerden Quotes

We're doing repairs on the breaches, but there are many, many, many miles of levee that we don't have any idea of.

My concern was that the focus was not on protecting Louisiana. - Ivor Heerden Quotes

My concern was that the focus was not on protecting Louisiana.

We need to recognize we may be about to experience our equivalent of the Asian tsunami, in terms of the damage and the numbers of people that can be killed. - Ivor Heerden Quotes

We need to recognize we may be about to experience our equivalent of the Asian tsunami, in terms of the damage and the numbers of people that can be killed.

We would really encourage people not to come back [to New Orleans] for at least a week. - Ivor Heerden Quotes

We would really encourage people not to come back [to New Orleans] for at least a week.

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