Everyone knew the levees in New Orleans would someday fail, and yet nothing proactive was ever done to prevent it. They procrastinated behind budget shortfalls until it was too late, and are now faced with the largest reconstruction in the Nation's history since the Civil War.
Now we have an even more obvious situation, spring tornadoes are already starting to wreak havoc, and hurricane season starts in less than 3 months. Think anyone is going to proactively do anything about this?
In its rush to provide shelter for victims of Hurricane Katrina, the Federal Emergency Management Agency has created a pressing new Gulf Coast hazard: nearly 90,000 lightweight trailers in an area prone to flooding, tornadoes and, of course, hurricanes.
"They're campers," Gov. Haley Barbour of Mississippi told a Senate committee this month. "They're not designed to be used as housing for a family for months, much less years. The trailers don't provide even the most basic protection from high winds or severe thunderstorms, much less tornadoes or hurricanes."
