Storm warning: The unlearned lessons of Katrina
Mother Jones
by John McQuaid
08/26/07
Catastrophes are supposed to nudge history in new directions. After the 1927 Mississippi River flood engulfed vast areas of the south, the Corps overhauled the river’s basic flood-control architecture, building the foundation of the modern system we have now. Katrina’s devastating blow to New Orleans raised some history-making issues: Can the damaged city be sustained — that is, can it survive not just the next few hurricane seasons, but the next 100? And as global climate change causes sea levels to rise and possibly fuels larger hurricanes, will other cities inevitably go under too? … Instead of addressing those questions, though, the national debate has stressed the idiosyncrasies of New Orleans...
http://tinyurl.com/ypsq42
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Katrina
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=New+Orleans
by John McQuaid
08/26/07
Catastrophes are supposed to nudge history in new directions. After the 1927 Mississippi River flood engulfed vast areas of the south, the Corps overhauled the river’s basic flood-control architecture, building the foundation of the modern system we have now. Katrina’s devastating blow to New Orleans raised some history-making issues: Can the damaged city be sustained — that is, can it survive not just the next few hurricane seasons, but the next 100? And as global climate change causes sea levels to rise and possibly fuels larger hurricanes, will other cities inevitably go under too? … Instead of addressing those questions, though, the national debate has stressed the idiosyncrasies of New Orleans...
http://tinyurl.com/ypsq42
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Katrina
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=New+Orleans
rudkla - 27. Aug, 10:48
