Corps should release flood maps

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers recently took the blame for the failure of the New Orleans levees after Hurricane Katrina roared through the Gulf Coast last year. Such refreshing candor is welcome and rare regarding the post-Katrina response debacle. The Corps should be equally candid about the risks posed by the leaky 75-year-old Herbert Hoover Dike that surrounds Lake Okeechobee.

from the Miami Herald