Comments on: Tough as nails: Habitat for Humanity students partner with New Orleans residents to keep hope alive http://kykernel.com/2010/03/21/tough-as-nails-habitat-for-humanity-students-partner-with-new-orleans-residents-to-keep-hope-alive/ University of Kentucky's daily student newspaper. Fri, 10 Feb 2012 03:17:25 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Eric Ellis http://kykernel.com/2010/03/21/tough-as-nails-habitat-for-humanity-students-partner-with-new-orleans-residents-to-keep-hope-alive/comment-page-1/#comment-16183 Eric Ellis Wed, 24 Mar 2010 15:29:26 +0000 http://kykernel.com/?p=27908#comment-16183 Great article! Thanks Roy. Great article! Thanks Roy.

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]]> By: Paul Harris http://kykernel.com/2010/03/21/tough-as-nails-habitat-for-humanity-students-partner-with-new-orleans-residents-to-keep-hope-alive/comment-page-1/#comment-15955 Paul Harris Mon, 22 Mar 2010 08:15:02 +0000 http://kykernel.com/?p=27908#comment-15955 Very uplifting story and the fact that almost 5 years later out of staters would still be volunteering their time to rebuild this magnificent and historic city says loads of your kindness and souls. Just one little correction though, Katrina did not cause most of the devastation and deaths in New Orleans. It was shoddily built and maintained levees which didn't hold up to a Category 3 storm. These were the responsibility of the Army Corps of Engineers. Paul Harris Author, "Diary From the Dome, Reflections on Fear and Privilege During Katrina" Very uplifting story and the fact that almost 5 years later out of staters would still be volunteering their time to rebuild this magnificent and historic city says loads of your kindness and souls.

Just one little correction though, Katrina did not cause most of the devastation and deaths in New Orleans. It was shoddily built and maintained levees which didn’t hold up to a Category 3 storm. These were the responsibility of the Army Corps of Engineers.

Paul Harris
Author, “Diary From the Dome, Reflections on Fear and Privilege During Katrina”

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