Sunday, August 24, 2008

Easy to Forget the Big Easy

And THOSE WHO FAIL to LEARN from history are condemned to REPEAT IT!

It's been THREE YEARS since Katrina and that place ain't fixed yet?


"New Orleans repeating deadly levee mistakes

NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Signs are emerging that history is repeating itself in the Big Easy, still healing from Katrina: People have forgotten a lesson from four decades ago and believe once again that the federal government is constructing a levee system they can prosper behind.

In a yearlong review of levee work here, The Associated Press has tracked a pattern of public misperception, political jockeying and legal fighting, along with economic and engineering miscalculations since Katrina, that threaten to make New Orleans the scene of another devastating flood.

Dozens of interviews with engineers, historians, policymakers and flood zone residents confirmed many have not learned from public policy mistakes made after Hurricane Betsy in 1965, which set the stage for Katrina; many mistakes are being repeated.

Wanna read about all the corruption, waste, and looting?

Go HERE