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Rita hampers New Orleans' plan to dry out
(AP)
Updated: 2005-09-25 09:55
Coast Guard Vice Adm. Thad Allen, who is in charge of the federal disaster
effort in New Orleans, had no immediate comment, a spokesman said.
The Army Corps of Engineers estimates the city's system of levees won't be
completely repaired until June. Its commander in New Orleans cautioned about the
makeshift status of the repairs until then. With a month left in hurricane
season, there's no guarantee that another storm will not undo the next round of
hard work to bring New Orleans back to life.
"It's so dependent on the weather," said Col. Richard Wagenaar, the corps'
district chief in New Orleans.
The effort to rebuild the city will be massive,
including unprecedented efforts to demolish flood-ruined buildings and resume
electricity, drinking water and sewage services. The effort to plug the latest
breach in the Industrial Canal levee began Saturday with sand bags and boulders.
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