Re: followup on New Orleans - disgraceful

"Pooh Bear" wrote ... 
A poster to the previous thread I started posted the following link.

http://www.salon.com/opinion/blumenthal/2005/08/31/disaster_preparation/

Includes...

" A year ago the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers proposed to study how New
Orleans could be protected from a catastrophic hurricane, but the Bush
administration ordered that the research not be undertaken. "

your comments are welcome 

A year ago a study was proposed about almost anything you
can imagine (and likely scores of things you can't imagine.)
Proves nothing except that likely too many studies are being
proposed.

Your "hindsight" is admirable. Try to resist being sucked into
the mass media hysteria. 

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