Posted on 09/03/2005 8:35:10 AM PDT by Smelly_Fed
The City of New Orleans was built on wetlands. Leveeing and draining has resulted in substantial subsidence such that most of New Orleans is now below sea level, with a maximum deflation of 13 feet. Within this bowl reside approximately 600,000 people. The West Bank, south of New Orleans and across the Mississippi River, has a population of about 500,000 who also live within levee protected bowls. Recent research reveals that a slow moving Category 3 hurricane, or stronger, could cause levee overtopping and complete flooding of New Orleans, with the West Bank even more susceptible. Floodwaters would have residence times of weeks. The resultant mix of sewage, corpses and chemicals in these standing flood waters would set the stage for massive disease outbreaks and prolonged chemical exposure. Estimates are that 300,000 persons would be trapped and 700,000 would be homeless; thousands could perish.
(Excerpt) Read more at ohsep.louisiana.gov ...
I agree - this is the smoking gun. Local and state government totally failed to execute this plan ... a plan we can all read and see for ourselves.
Everyone wants to blame President Bush, but its clear that this wasn't his ball to drop.
From what I have read, she never did ask. The President called her.
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