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Six inches. After two years and more than a billion dollars spent by the Army Corps of Engineers to rebuild New Orleans's hurricane protection system, that is how much the water level is likely to be reduced if a big 1-in-100 flood hits Leah Pratcher's Gentilly neighborhood.

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    aniokly1 year, 2 months ago

    Want to know where th money went? Check those who sit on the Board of Levees. Look in the refrigerators of all their politicians. We could never print enough money to "fix" the corruption in New Orleans.

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