Subj : Re: Um...no comment? To : alt.tv.farscape From : Tyler Trafford Date : Fri Sep 02 2005 01:21:24 From Newsgroup: alt.tv.farscape Nick wrote: > Jim Larson wrote: > >> John Iwaniszek wrote: >> >>> Jim Larson wrote in >>> news:Xns96C4ACC6C8063v234oiwofui3284af93@130.133.1.18: >>> >>>> RR wrote: >>>> >>>>> In 2001, FEMA warned that a hurricane striking New Orleans was >>>>> one of the three most likely disasters in the U.S. But the Bush >>>>> administration cut New Orleans flood control funding by 44 >>>>> percent to pay for the Iraq war. >>>>> >>>>> A year ago the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers proposed to study >>>>> how New Orleans could be protected from a catastrophic >>>>> hurricane, but the Bush administration ordered that the >>>>> research not be undertaken. >>>>> >>>>> After a flood killed six people in 1995, Congress created the >>>>> Southeast Louisiana Urban Flood Control Project, in which the >>>>> Corps of Engineers strengthened and renovated levees and >>>>> pumping stations. In early 2001, the Federal Emergency >>>>> Management Agency issued a report stating that a hurricane >>>>> striking New Orleans was one of the three most likely disasters >>>>> in the U.S., including a terrorist attack on New York City. >>>>> But by 2003 the federal funding for the flood control project >>>>> essentially dried up as it was drained into the Iraq war. In >>>>> 2004, the Bush administration cut funding requested by the New >>>>> Orleans district of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers for >>>>> holding back the waters of Lake Pontchartrain by more than 80 >>>>> percent. Additional cuts at the beginning of this year (for a >>>>> total reduction in funding of 44.2 percent since 2001) forced >>>>> the New Orleans district of the Corps to impose a hiring >>>>> freeze. The Senate had debated adding funds for fixing New >>>>> Orleans' levees, but it was too late. >>>>> >>>>> The New Orleans Times-Picayune, which before the hurricane >>>>> published a series on the federal funding problem, and whose >>>>> presses are now underwater, reported online: "No one can say >>>>> they didn't see it coming ... Now in the wake of one of the >>>>> worst storms ever, serious questions are being asked about the >>>>> lack of preparation." >>>>> >>>>> By Sidney Blumenthal >>>>> Salon.com Wednesday 31 August 2005 >>>>> >>>> >>>> (You're trying to make Iwa explode, right?) >>>> >>> >>> (I've been tracking the flood conrol budget cuts for a few days.) >> >> (Watch this get next to no coverage in the general media.) >> > > (Who is trying to make him explode?) They are taking turns. -- Tyler Trafford Patch griefs with proverbs. -- William Shakespeare, "Much Ado About Nothing" .