Subj : Re: Interesting Flood Article
To   : alt.tv.farscape
From : Nick
Date : Thu Sep 08 2005 15:50:58

From Newsgroup: alt.tv.farscape

weirdwolf wrote:

> Nick <nickSPAMMENOT@snurcher.com> wrote in
> news:Xns96CB5F41C3F0Dndtcm@ 68.1.17.6:
> 
>> weirdwolf wrote:
>> 
>>> John I <not@hotmail.com> 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
> 

So, that is a no.

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