[Rhodes22-list] New Orleans Flood control

[Ronald Lipton]

It really is devistating to see all of the destruction.  Last time I was in
New Orleans I picked up "The Control of Nature" by John Mcfee, which
has a long section on the Corps of Engineers and the levee system.  Reading
it while I was in New Orleans made me want to carry around an inflatable.
The danger of flooding has always been very real.  That is why all the rich
folks live on high ground.  It is also interesting to listen to the various 
officials -
the only thing that is clear is that there is no real plan yet.

Ron
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Saroj Gilbert" <saroj at pathfind.net>
To: "The Rhodes 22 mail list" <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
Sent: Thursday, September 01, 2005 6:55 AM
Subject: [Rhodes22-list] New Orleans Flood control funding


> Interesting piece tying in the impact of the Iraq war with the current 
> disaster in New Orleans:
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>
> "No One Can Say they Didn't See it Coming"
>
> By Sidney Blumenthal
>
> In 2001, FEMA warned that a hurricane striking New Orleans was one of the 
> three most likely disasters in the U.S. But the Bush administration cut 
> New Orleans flood control funding by 44 percent to pay for the Iraq war.
> http://service.spiegel.de/cache/international/0,1518,372455,00.html
>
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>
> This is sickening... I just can't figure out why the streets (or should I 
> say  "streams") of New Orleans and other gulf coastal areas are not 
> swamped (sorry) with U.S. Military handing out food, water, diapers, and 
> other essentials... oh... they're all in Iraq... well I guess the Navy got 
> soft and decided to deploy a ship out of Norfolk yesterday.... hmmm... 
> should arrive in a week?  The way the government has responded to this 
> disaster so far is shameful.  We treat citizens in other countries better 
> than we treat our own.
>
> Saroj
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