tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4061650.post112562784597581842..comments2023-10-10T10:43:44.424-04:00Comments on cheaper than therapy: Opinions on Bush's response to KatrinaDJ Wordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14597363296679699935noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4061650.post-1125688268985724332005-09-02T15:11:00.000-04:002005-09-02T15:11:00.000-04:00Wow. All these news links. All i pulled was a Gr...Wow. All these news links. All i pulled was a Greg Palast Op-ed piece.<BR/><BR/>Good work Rick.jameshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07223648349703832539noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4061650.post-1125674063248399822005-09-02T11:14:00.000-04:002005-09-02T11:14:00.000-04:00i caught the following off a video on cnn.com conc...i caught the following off a video on cnn.com concerning the warnings about the disaster a hurricane like this could do to that region:<BR/><BR/>"shortly before 9/11, the federal emergency management agency (FEMA)declared that among the most likely disasters in america, a risk nearly on par with a terror attack in new york, was a catastrosphic storm in new orleans, like katrina.<BR/><BR/>"after six died in a flood ten years ago, congress created a massive project for the army corps of engineers to renovate the thirteen levy systems which protect new orleans. over the last five years, the bush administration and congress cut funding for the flood control project, known as SELA, by over 30 million dollars, at a time when the army corps is also stretched thin from rebuilding iraq."<BR/><BR/>the video went on to show an army corps engineer discussing the fact that having the levy system completed wouldn't have really helped in this case, because the massive flooding in new orleans is due to a breech in a flood barrier that was built for a category 3 hurricane, despite long warnings that new orleans could someday be hit with a category 4.kidpositivehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18014095294196471690noreply@blogger.com