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An Unnatural Disaster

Social, Legal, and Ethical Considerations for

Engineering ManagersMEM 604


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Hurricane Katrina August 2, 200!


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Earl" Ma# of $e% &rleans


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Historical 'ers#ecti(e of $e%

&rleans

) $e% &rleans %as esta*lished *" the

+rench in --./

)he first le(ee %as erected in -/,13 earthen le(ee along Mississi##i i(er5

) S#anish -6./02, +rench /02

) US /0 Louisiana 'urchase


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Historical 'ers#ecti(e of $e%

&rleans

) +irst #u7#s %ere installed in /!/,

co7#letel" insufficient

)Ma8or le(ees and drainage #u7#sinstalled around 00

) 'lagued *" "ello% fe(er, floods, 7alaria,

#oor sanitar" and drainage, hurricanes,

hea(" rains, tro#ical heat and hu7idit"


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+lood of /6


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es#onsi*ilit" of 9o(ern7ent

) Cor#s and local le(ee authorities *ore the

res#onsi*ilit" for ensuring that the

flood%alls %ere ade:uatel" designed,

*uilt, and 7aintained

) ;ureaucratic night7are


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+unding

) Historicall", it has *een the res#onsi*ilit"of local go(erning *odies for constructionand 7aintenance of le(ees

) 2-, the Ar7" Cor# of Engineers %ereres#onsi*le for construction, *ut againlocal go(ern7ent for 7aintenance

) 'resentl", the federal go(ern7ent %ill fundthe 6 *illion dollar #ost.Katrinaconstruction


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Why Did the Levees Fail? ) A nu7*er of different failure 7echanis7s %ere o*ser(ed

) soil failure) see#age,) #i#ing 1internal erosion5, and) o(erto##ing

) he le(ees %ere #ossi*l" a##roaching failure #rior to Katrina

) Much of the difference in degree of da7ages $o clear *ureaucratic 7andate e?ists for reassessing the

*lue#rints once le(ees are *uilt@


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+looding Esti7ated De#th


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Design 'ara7eters

) E?isting le(ees designed for a !00 "ear flood

) Le(ees failed in Categor" hurricane

) h" not >orst Case Scenario@ Categor" 4 or !

hurricaneB

) Utilitarian hining 1Cost (s ;enefit Stud"5

) Did the cor#s tae into account the loss of life

that %ould occur in a catastro#hic stor7B) easona*le a7ount of #rotection


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Socio.econo7ic =7#act

'o(ert"

) 'o#ulation 're.Katrina 46,000) ;lac 6-) hite 2/

) 2 #o#ulation is *elo% the #o(ert" line,national a(erage 2) /0 of cit" flooded) / of 4- of the e?tre7e #o(ert" tracts flooded

) he #oor suffered 7ore than other classes) -2 deaths) 'o#ulation 'ost.Katrina 200,000


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A Cit" Under%ater


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Socio.econo7ic =7#act –What the Aftermath of Katrina Brought Out in People

) The Ethical

< 9enerous A7ericans

< al.Mart

< $e% or i7es

) The Unethical

< Looters

< +inger.'ointers

< Shars


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Ethicall" CorrectB


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Socio.econo7ic =7#act

) ;ecause of dis#lace7ent of 7an" of its

citiFens, and a fractured infrastructure,

and a stagnant econo7", re(italiFation is a

high #riorit"

) +ear that land use %ill *e gi(en o(er to

de(elo#ers %ho %ill e?#loit #oorer

sections of the cit"

) he issue of afforda*le housing


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'lanning for the +uture


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Recommendations

) is *ased a##roach %ill *e essential toselecting an a##ro#riate le(el of #rotection

< aise le(ees

< =7#ro(e transitions

< S"ste7atic and deli*erate 7ethod to deter7ine crestheights

< e.design #u7#ing s"ste7 for hurricanes

) Le(ee design and 7aintenance *" one agenc"

) Congress should enact a $ational Le(ee=ns#ection and Safet" 'rogra7


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Ethical es#onsi*ilit" of Engineers

) Conflicting res#onsi*ilities

) ASCE Canon of Ethics states that

>Engineers shall hold #ara7ount the

safet", health, and %elfare of the #u*lic@

) >Standard and easona*le Care@

) Acce#ta*le is >Lielihood and7agnitude of the har7@

) Design +la%sB


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$e% &rleans Cross Section


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A7erica3s Co77it7ent

) Cost to re*uild suita*le le(ees %ill cost;illions of dollars

) +unding for le(ees %ill *e on the *acs of

the ta?#a"ers) =s the nation %illing to co77it our

resources for reasona*le #rotection of

$e% &rleans areaB) Are %e 7orall" and ethicall" res#onsi*le

for re.*uilding $e% &rleans Le(eesB


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