Trees, Shrubs and Conifers: Our Hearts Are Heavy, 1 by liveoaklady

liveoaklady wrote:
The USACOE has announced that it cannot meet the deadlines it gave to Jefferson Parish and New Orleans for repair and reconstruction of the levees. The local public officials cannot even get them to return phone calls regarding trees or anything else.
I went out this morning to see the cut trees and how they would have affected the "integrity of the levee." What a strange phrase.
It was 94 degrees with high humidity. In this area the levee is constructed in two sections with a "shelf". This little Park within Linear Park was created about 20 yards from the beginning of the "shelf" slope. The Levee Board even built a gazebo (see concrete posts at left in photo) for joggers/walkers/bikers/nature lovers to sit and enjoy the view. It was created with full blessings of the Corps and the local Levee Board by an elderly couple. They erected bird houses which I noticed had nests in them. It won several state awards for Civic Beautification and Wildlife Preservation.
I looked long and hard at the stumps and am thinking what I can hang on them.

Copperbaron said that "the Corps has decided not to roll the dice on this one". They've been rolling the dice here for the past fifty years with very high stakes known as human lives. Very appropriate phrase.