[carlr]

No lack of sympathy for those in New Orleans but if you are going to build a city on the coast 8 feet below sea level why is it the federal gov.(all our tax money)who is responsible to make it safe.
If the levees are not sufficient than the city should raise the funds by whatever means from the citizens that live there to protect it.

[Enchante]

The MSM will never wish to grasp that decades of corrupt Democratic pols in LA and 8 years of the Clintonistas in DC didn't get it done, yet suddenly it's supposed to be "Bush's fault" in a post-911 era of many national priorities.....

[Alissa]

New Orleans is older than most American cities and has survived to this date. Name one strategically located city in the US that might be catastrophe free?

[recoveringlurker]

Yep, my husband and I were discussing this very thing at dinner tonite.

[Alissa]

No one should invest in California because of the danger of an earthquake. No one should build in any gulf city or southeastern US because of hurricanes. No one should build in a city in tornado valley because they could be wiped out. Where would you suggest? The delta from the Mississippi to the gulf is a major national asset. We need to repair and bring it back better!