I have been thinking about this all day, especially after I was listening to the radio this morning, and one of the DJs was talking about an article he found on the web from a New Orleans paper from back in '01, and the article was about what would happen if a hurricane this strong hit them, and described of course exactly what is happening now......

I dont see how a city that has known for countless years this day would come did not better set themself to protect themselves. For instance the pumps.. If they knew water could reach 15-20 feet of water, why not have the pumps at a higher level ( Have them on large steel frames, and have the pump hose go down into the water to suck the water, why leave them at ground level so when it flooded they would be flooded to and become useless.

Why not build higher levee's? They had from around the 1960's to upgrade this wall and make it tougher and taller, Id think when you are 20 feet below sea level and have large lakes and rivers also around you, youd take this thought a bit more serious.

I am so hurt to see what these people have lost, and will not be able to even begin to clean up for months till they can get the water out, but why a city waits till the problem hits to do something about it amazes me...... The damage could have been so much less if they would have better prepared and took better steps to protect thier city.