Re: Thank You from New Orleans

The most important question i had after reading this article is, how are we (the U.S.) acting to prevent such a chastistrophic disaster from occuring again? The article very nicely explained all the advances in homeownership and education but does not mention how they are rebuilding the city to withstand another inevitable hurricane. Another hurricane will come, larger if not just as large, and New Orleans is an extremely geographically vulnerable target. As a nation we seem to forget that weather patterns are not like crime. We do not have any control over them. Coasts erode no matter our efforts. And New Orleans is one such area. The Mississippi, which once let the majority of its sediment out into that area creating new land, is no longer doing so. The advent of dams and leeves have created a backlog. Sediment is no longer reaching that area and it is slowly eroding and becoming more and more vulnerable. This and many other geologic problems must be addressed if the effort of millions to restore this historic city will be longer lived than a few years...