Predictions of a Hurricane

[Smiling JOe]

A friend emailed me this story that he said ran in the National Geographic a year ago. It is predicting Katrina hitting NOLA in a round about way. It will take a few minutes to read.

(I cannot confirm the date published. The website notes that it is from OCT 2004.)

 

[Robert]

Here is one fron three years ago. http://www.nola.com/hurricane/?/washingaway/

 

[Kurt]

I beleive the talk will go from "why was the response so slow", to "why weren't levees built to withstand the surge"?

 

[Robert]

I heard about that today. I'll go dig up the link.

 

[Robert]

OK, here it is: http://www.cnsnews.com/ViewNation.asp?Page=\Nation\archive\200509\NAT20050907a.html

The story is titled: Louisiana Officials Could Lose the Katrina Blame Game

... By 1998, Louisiana's state government had a $2 billion construction budget, but less than one tenth of one percent of that -- $1.98 million -- was dedicated to levee improvements in the New Orleans area. State appropriators were able to find $22 million that year to renovate a new home for the Louisiana Supreme Court and $35 million for one phase of an expansion to the New Orleans convention center...

on and on and on

 

[wetwilly]

A friend emailed me this story that he said ran in the National Geographic a year ago. It is predicting Katrina hitting NOLA in a round about way. It will take a few minutes to read.

(I cannot confirm the date published. The website notes that it is from OCT 2004.)

WOW. The beginning of that article described the result of Katrina 100% and it was written a year before the storm. As said, this was predicted for years and the result of the eroding and elimination wetlands and protective marshes along with the State not using the funds made available made that prediction a reality.

Very sad that if some of the precautions were taken, the money was spent, and more could have been evacuated before the storm hit, then maybe some of the destruction and lives could have been spared.