William Smith says New Orleans tragedy could have been avoided

August 31, 2005

Tue, 30 Aug 2005 14:26:33 -0700 (PDT)

William Smith <wmsmith64

Re: Situation Deteriorating In Hurricane Aftermath

Dear Kathy;

The New Orleans thing is a shame. Fact is, that

is my part of the "woods". I am very familiar with

the flooding problem, as well as the United States

Army Corp of Engineers. Intimately you may say.

Refer to www.strongconcrete.com.

Part of my patent is exclusively focused on a new

flood protection barrier for the USACE (United States

Army Corp of Engineers).

I was dialoging with them clear back in '97 or

'98 on this subject. I spoke with senators,

congressmen, the then governor's office, Coast 2050

coalition etc., etc., etc. I explained, and

explained, and explained. I was pretty much treated

like, well, like nothing. And what I had was nothing

unless they wanted it.

I am intimately familiar with the Louisiana

thing. Part of my patent was specifically written

with Louisiana specifically in mind. Too late. I

can't be of much use now.

Had they been using what I have for just the

floodwater protection part they could have "beefed up"

every week point on Lake Pontchartrain with my system,

and this disaster would never have happened. Surely

the Corp of Engineers had a perfomance model that

predicted a failure of this type was imminent under

the right conditions?

You know why I was never listened to? Because

people wouldn't tell their elected officials to listen

to me, and the experts were to busy being experts and

not being human.

I told them 1, 2, 3 linear miles per month

manufacturing and installation rates at costs that

were less than half or so of what they pay right now

for similar performance works.

All they needed was 2 or 3 feet higher in

floodwater protection barrier. The levees beefed up

subsurface with this matrix. In the past 5 years I

could have installed over 150 linear miles of

protection for around 300 million dollars if that is

what our officials who are charged with our safety,

welfare, and well-being should have been concerned

with.

Damage estimate now? How many lives? How much

sadness to be faced by the survivors? How much money,

10, 30 billion in damages?

So who is penny wise and pound foolish? I told

them it was coming, scientists told them it was

coming, coalitions and citizens told them it was

comming, and cried for help to prempt such a disaster.

And I had an answer for them all along with a way

reasonable cost.

But you know the old saying, no sense in locking

the doors to the barn after the horse has already gone

out. Or could it be "You can lead a horse to water,

but you cannot make it drink". Can't drink the water

in the streets of New Orleans right now either,

whatever.

I sent out approximately 1,000 to 2,000 emails

to individuals over the last several years. No one

cared. These people were/are/were? in Mississippi,

and Louisiana. Guess what they have now? Sadness.

No I couldn't have prevented the problem as it is now,

but perhaps, if I had been given an opportunity or a

chance to, I could have done some good, or softened

the blow for some. Only the good Lord knows.

The way I see it, even people who read this right

now probably are not going to go to

www.strongconcrete.com and really look at it, or read

it, or scrutinize it, or consider it for the great

potentials and probabilities it possesses.

No, they are more interested in standing on soap

boxes, hanging around on crosses, or running around

screaming "the sky is falling, the sky is falling!!!"

like Chicken Little. Nothing begets nothing, inaction

brings around no action. Comes a time when people

should look at the bigger picture. Just a thought.

People just don't get it. New Orleans is in a

lot of trouble right now. I pray for them. Sad thing

is, this wasn't even "The big one" for New Orleans.

It is still out there, waiting, gathering strength.

Maybe not today, tomorrow, next week, next month, next

year, but it is coming. And the same holds true for

every other sea coast community, village, town or city

in the United States and elsewhere. It only gets

worse unless people prepare. Fail to prepare, prepare

to fail. We can't all just go running and stick our

heads in the sand like an ostrich.

Maybe the readers can voice something, tell their

senators or congressmen. They live on our tax

dollars, let's get something back in exchange for

them.

Sincerely,

William H. Smith

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