Corps plan for storms gutted to studs

If a storm threatens New Orleans this hurricane season, onetime Marine and current Army Corps of Engineers crane supervisor Troy Davis will walk away from his day job, say goodbye to his family north of Hammond and rush to the 17th Street Canal, the new front line in a war to save New Orleans from a Katrinalike catastrophe.

He knows that it could be a dicey post, but he doesn't want to be anywhere else if another storm blows in.

"This is my job, and all the guys on my team have the same outlook," said Davis, who has been with the corps for 15 years. "This is also sort of like military service. We're not going to turn our backs and leave a mission."

from the Times Picayune