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Now What? The Lessons of Katrina
Popular Mechanics ^
| March 2006
| the Editors
Posted on 02/15/2006 4:09:18 PM PST by RKV
Conclusions:
1) No one should have been surprised
2) Katrina wasn't that big (and we should expect more like it)
3) Floodwalls were properly built
4) Anarchy didn't take over
5) Evacuation plans worked
6) Government responded quickly
7) Government subsidies encoured bad land use
8) Energy infrastructure survived
TOPICS: Business/Economy; Government
KEYWORDS: katrina; lessons; lousiana; neworleans
The M$M hype was wrong. Polticians lied and overstated the problem. What else is new? Great article. Offers several constructive ideas for the future in terms of zoning/planning, construction technique, reclamation practices, etc.
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posted on
02/15/2006 4:09:20 PM PST
by
RKV
To: RKV
Let me add one more:
9) You get what you vote for.
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posted on
02/15/2006 4:10:24 PM PST
by
mewzilla
(Property must be secured or liberty cannot exist. John Adams)
To: RKV
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posted on
02/15/2006 4:13:34 PM PST
by
RKV
( He who has the guns, makes the rules.)
To: mewzilla
Can't disagree with that;>)
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posted on
02/15/2006 4:13:57 PM PST
by
RKV
( He who has the guns, makes the rules.)
To: RKV
Excellent. Bookmarking the Popular Mechanics story....
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posted on
02/15/2006 4:16:04 PM PST
by
GSWarrior
To: RKV
Oh well there’s Nagin on my left and there’s Landrieu on my right
And Broussard is the crybaby that I’ll be with tonight
And when he whines about which parish I love the best
I tear open my shirt and I got Jefferson on my breast
’cause I’m the squanderer yeah the squanderer
I beg around around around… 
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posted on
02/15/2006 4:16:16 PM PST
by
bikepacker67
(Islam was born of Hagar the whore.)
To: GSWarrior
Glad you liked the article. My sense was that the media failed completely on this one. It covered up the political failures in NO and LA in an attempt to turn FEMA into a first responder. Too much hyperbole and not enough facts.
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posted on
02/15/2006 4:19:39 PM PST
by
RKV
( He who has the guns, makes the rules.)
To: RKV
GREAT article. I wonder why Nagin's quotes kept appearing under the
Myth heading ???
Well worth the read.
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posted on
02/15/2006 4:41:03 PM PST
by
dfwddr
(Join our Folding@Home team (Team# 36120) keyword:folding.)
To: RKV
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posted on
02/15/2006 4:43:30 PM PST
by
OldFriend
(The Dems enABLEd DANGER and 3,000 Americans died.)
To: RKV; maica
Every Senator and Congresscritter should read this Popular Mechanics article. Those floodgates not allowed by environmentalists could have saved a lot of lives and property.
To: RKV
Simple. The lesson I learned was that big government can do no wrong when there is a Democrat Administration, but it stinks to high heaven when there is a Republican Administration.
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posted on
02/15/2006 5:25:10 PM PST
by
randita
To: RKV
Great article! Thanks for the post.
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posted on
02/16/2006 3:54:06 AM PST
by
Puzzleman
("All that is necessary for evil to succeed is that good men do nothing." -- Edmund Burke)
To: RKV
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