“The Corps’ lassitude and failure to fulfill its duties resulted in a catastrophic loss of human life and property in unprecedented proportions,” Duval wrote. “The Corps’ negligence resulted in the wasting of millions of dollars in flood protection measures and billions of dollars in congressional outlays to help this region recover from such a catastrophe. Certainly, Congress would never have meant to protect this kind of nonfeasance…”
US District Judge Stanwood Duval
A perfect time to pull out your new Oxford Atlas (16th edition) and savor such aerial shots as you reflect on how justice sometimes comes around even as Obama golfs with Geithner.