Subj : Re: Interesting Flood Article To : alt.tv.farscape From : weirdwolf Date : Thu Sep 08 2005 15:48:29 From Newsgroup: alt.tv.farscape Nick wrote in news:Xns96CB5F41C3F0Dndtcm@ 68.1.17.6: > weirdwolf wrote: > >> John I wrote in >> news:Xns96CB622749FAEoiwhnanri@66.26.32.7: >> >>> weirdwolf wrote: >>> >>>> http://www3.nationalgeographic.com/ngm/0410/feature5/ >>>> >>>> Ted >>> >>> That's about the Hurricane Pam excercise that was supposed to >>> prepare FEMA and everyone else to respond. Now that they are in >>> full Rove control the message mode, we will never get a clear >>> picture of what went wrong and worse: How to fix it. >>> >> >> I found it interesting that an article published last October had >> so many of the details correct of what might happen when we've >> been told time and again that nobody could have foreseen what >> actually did happen. >> Nice to see that the National Geographic at least agrees with me >> on the >> loss of coastal swamp/mudflats/reed beds. I mean lets face it I >> only have the knowledge of a junior school pupil about these >> things according to some people. >> Ted >> > > Did they say how to fix it? Did you even bother to read the article? "Such high stakes compelled a host of unlikely bedfellowsuscientists, environmental groups, business leaders, and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineersuto forge a radical plan to protect what's left. Drafted by the Corps a year ago, the Louisiana Coastal Area (LCA) project was initially estimated to cost up to 14 billion dollars over 30 years, almost twice as much as current efforts to save the Everglades. But the Bush Administration balked at the price tag, supporting instead a plan to spend up to two billion dollars over the next ten years to fund the most promising projects" Ted -- Stare too long into the abyss and the abyss looks like a nifty place to hide the bodies .