How many lives did Katrina save?

50,000? More? I saw this over at the Captain. It seems that the Army Corps of Engineers handling of the levee may have been just as incompetent as the MSM's coverage of the hurricane's aftermath.

Shudder.

I expect journalists to be dumb as a post and corrupt to the core. I have much higher expectations for the the Army and engineers in general. I can protect myself from the incompetence of journalists. Bridges, levees and dams are a totally different problem.