Richard J Kinch wrote in
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Why was New Orleans built below sea level? That's just plain stupid.

Location is more critical than elevation. Consider the strategic
military value of being the last town on the river that reaches the
entire middle US. A little war around 1812 hinged on things like
that.

Nawluhns is also the closest thing to the third-world in the US, in
terms of civil engineering, compounded by a corrupt culture. Such
character is not going to prudently invest in infrastructure to
withstand such a test as Katrina.


Corrupt,definitely;even their POLICE are looting.

During natural (or unnatural)disasters,looters should be shot on the spot.


--
Jim Yanik
jyanik
at
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