One Billion Dollars Later, New Orleans Is Still at Risk
John Schwartz, of The New York Times, reports: "Six inches. After two years and more than a billion dollars spent by the Army Corps of Engineers to rebuild New Orleans's hurricane protection system, that is how much the water level is likely to be reduced if a big 1-in-100 flood hits Leah Pratcher's Gentilly neighborhood. Looking over the maps that showed other possible water levels around the city, Ms. Pratcher grew increasingly furious. Her house got four feet of water after Hurricane Katrina, and still stands to get almost as much from a 1-in-100 flood."
http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/081707P.shtml
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=New+Orleans
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Katrina
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=John+Schwartz
http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/081707P.shtml
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=New+Orleans
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Katrina
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=John+Schwartz
rudkla - 17. Aug, 22:56
