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"Bob Wheelersburg, a former Army Reserve major and liaison officer for emergency preparedness, said National Guard units are suffering from equipment and manpower shortages."
Yahoo News on Hurricane Gustav evacuations, August 29, 2008
Yahoo News on Hurricane Gustav evacuations, August 29, 2008


The levees are not all completed. The major levee on the Industrial Canal is completed; however, the storm is coming in from the west, and this puts the westbank of the Mississippi River at grave risk, and these levees are not completed. All are not scheduled for completion until 2011.