Al Naomi Quotes

As I remember it, the worst of the storm had passed when we got word the floodwall had collapsed. It could have been when we were experiencing westerly winds in the aftermath of the storm, which would have been pushing water against it.

- Al Naomi

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It was disseminated. It went to our OEP in Baton Rouge, to the state, FEMA, the corps. The people in the field knew it. The people here [in corps offices] in Louisiana and Mississippi knew it. I don't know how communication worked in those agencies. - Al Naomi

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