My brother, who voted for Kerry last election, and I had a discussion about the levies in New Orleans a few months ago. He quoted an Army Corps of Engineer officer who said that the levies in New Orleans were built to withstand level 3 hurricanes only. He intended this as incrimination of the government. When I asked him if he wanted his tax dollars to support building every high rise office or apartment building in LA to withstand earthquakes of 10 on the richter he changed the subject.