A friend made me aware of this issue.  Boy!  From what I understand, the effect of a levee breach in California could make New Orleans look like a splash park.

Chertoff agrees to tour California levees
Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff will visit California to tour Sacramento’s levees and assess the need for federal help, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger said Monday morning after meeting with the secretary…[more]

Schwarzenegger lobbies White House on levees
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger lobbied the White House on Tuesday for help in fixing Central California levees but left after a 20-minute meeting without any firm commitments of help.

"There were no assurances," Schwarzenegger said. "We made our case."

The governor’s comments came at a press conference with California Sens. Dianne Feinstein and Barbara Boxer, both Democrats, as they begin work to squeeze more money out of Congress and the administration to prevent a Katrina-like flood disaster in Sacramento and the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta…[more]

American Phoenix has interesting commentary on this subject as well.   He writes about previous flooding and evacuations, and about continued development in the flood plain.

This one should be interesting to watch as the story develops.  But you’d think that after all of the devastation caused by the levee breaks during Katrina, that the federal, state and local governments would recognize the danger to life and property of a levee break in this area…and stop waiting for disaster to strike…

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