--- In [email protected], "authfriend" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Correction: His exact words were, "I don't think anyone > anticipated the breach of the levees." > > Unbelievable. > > Just as a reminder, the breach of the levees > and subsequent flooding in New Orleans was one > of the top three "likeliest, most catastrophic > disasters facing this country," according to > FEMA.
Reminds me of Condoleezza Rice saying nobody expected terrorists to fly planes into buildings, despite intelligence projecting just that possibility. Contrast that FEMA evaluation with this, from today's New York Times: "The present levees are designed to withstand a Category 3 hurricane; Hurricane Katrina was Category 4, one short of the highest category." It was projected at Category 5 going in. The media were reporting that the levees would not hold well before the storm hit. Too bad the people who relay the news to the president didn't pick that up. And I believe we've already discussed where the money went that was supposed to raise the levees' strength. Also in the Times today, columnist David L. Brooks recounts the political blowback from past floods, going back to the Johnstown flood. You can be the recriminations will fly this time, too. www.nytimes.com - Patrick Gillam ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Get fast access to your favorite Yahoo! Groups. Make Yahoo! your home page http://us.click.yahoo.com/dpRU5A/wUILAA/yQLSAA/JjtolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
