June 1, 2007
REPEATING THE SAME MISTAKES:
Repairs Don't Allay Fears of Next Storm: Another Katrina Would Top Levees In New Orleans (Peter Whoriskey, 6/01/07, Washington Post)
Where the canal wall burst and doomed the Lower Ninth Ward during Hurricane Katrina, there now stands an imposing concrete monolith.The new flood barrier is taller, wider and, by its shape, harder to topple.
But could the rebuilt defenses handle another Katrina?
The answer is no. Even by Army Corps of Engineers estimates, another Katrina would send storm surge from the Gulf of Mexico cascading over the walls that protect the Lower Ninth Ward from inundation.
Standing this week in the front yard of his rebuilt shotgun-style home, Charles Brown, 48, a carpenter, cast an eye at the nearby wall.
"Everyone knows another big storm would tear that sucker up," he said.
So move. Posted by Orrin Judd at June 1, 2007 9:38 AM
Right. And they want the rest of us to subsidize their choices of location, just like the folks in Florida and California. We don't ask them to come up and shovel our snow.
Posted by: Lou Gots at June 1, 2007 11:58 AM2008 - Hurricane "X" ... It's Bush's fault!
2011 - Hurricane "Y" ... It's Bush's fault!
2039 - Hurricane "Z" ... this is the worst devestation to befall our city since the Bush Administration.