The lowest of the low areas probably shouldn't be redeveloped,
Levees have a tendency to cause a false sense of security.
So much has to happen, so many things have to come together,
That may be good because we may be able to abandon some of those lower areas.
Out West, there is a saying that water flows to money. But in New Orleans, water flows away from money. Those with resources who control where the drainage goes have always chosen to live on the high ground. So the people in the low areas were hardest hit.
We tend to build for the last storm.
The evacuation plan was really based on people driving out. They didn't have buses. They didn't have trains.
The evacuation plan was really based on people driving out, ... They didn't have buses. They didn't have trains.
It demonstrated the inadequacies of the human component on a national level.
The whole thing takes a long, long time.
