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Originally Posted by Greg Perkins
I think the biggest engineering problem right now is how to make those levees in New Orleans beefier and more structurally sound. Civil engineering at its finest. and this isnt some easy fix either....they first must plug up all the holes, divert the water...then rebuild all of them to be able to withstand another cat4 or cat5 hurricane. this will take YEARS, i read somewhere that the governent estimates this (relating to all of New Orleans) to take almost up to 10 if they are lucky. Seriously, graduate, and start making our country safer.
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Not only that. The problem with the pipelines is that power shut down. Think back to when half of the east coast had no power because of the powerplant that failed. We need a more reliable design for almost everything. Their is a countless number of things that can hamstring the country if they failed!