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Corpse of Engineers Pumps
Mar. 15th, 2007 10:27 amDid our government outsource US Army Corps of Engineers work to some firm that specializes in theatrical backdrops? If not, why do they keep spending money on stuff that looks like something, but doesn't actually work?
First, flood walls that won't hold back floodwater. Now, pumps that don't pump.
After the USACOE admitted responsibility for what's been assessed as "the largest civil engineering disaster in the history of the United States", one might think they'd want to show that they can actually do something right.
Apparently not.
Rather than using a tried, robust, reliable design for pumps they were installing on drainage canals, they used an untried design. And kept installing more of these pumps after they knew the things didn't actually work.
Oh, and one more detail: The defective pumps are made by a company with connections to the Bush family and previous allegations of fraud committed with taxpayer money.
( Read more, if you can stomach it )
First, flood walls that won't hold back floodwater. Now, pumps that don't pump.
After the USACOE admitted responsibility for what's been assessed as "the largest civil engineering disaster in the history of the United States", one might think they'd want to show that they can actually do something right.
Apparently not.
Rather than using a tried, robust, reliable design for pumps they were installing on drainage canals, they used an untried design. And kept installing more of these pumps after they knew the things didn't actually work.
Oh, and one more detail: The defective pumps are made by a company with connections to the Bush family and previous allegations of fraud committed with taxpayer money.
( Read more, if you can stomach it )
