Tim K. wrote:
From 2001

http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?art...5883414B7F0000

IMO our leaders, members of both parties in both houses of
Congress plus the Presidents, would be criminally negligent
for letting New Orleans remain so vulnerable and underprepared
for an event that was virtually inevitable except for the fact
that there is no statute against an elected leader being
stupid or incompetent.

Cheers,
Russell