MSNBC has this startling report (marked Updated: 5:38 p.m. ET Aug. 31, 2005) from
Walter Baumy Jr., the Army Corps of Engineers chief engineer for the New Orleans district
... Baumy and his colleagues acknowledged, despite media reports to the contrary, that not a single shovel of sand or other fill material had yet been dumped into the 17th Street breach.
What the fuck have they been doing for two days?
[update]
WWLTV - (go to Katrina BLOG link) reports:
5:06 P.M. - Plans are in place to begin fixing the broken levee system beginning tomorrow.