Oct 2004 prediction of the New Orleans disaster.

[swestrup]

The prediction was in the Oct 2004 issue of National Geographic and gave a good description of exactly what could (and did) happen to New Orleans. It mentioned that it was in the top 3 or 4 of FEMA's worst case disaster scenarios for America, up there with a terrorist attack on New York or a major earthquake in LA.

They also mentioned that the Bush administration slashed the budget for the plan that was drawn up to try and reduce the risks. Then again, in this case they may have been right. Not much work would have managed to be accomplished before Katrina struck. Then again again, the Bush administration wouldn't have known that either. *sigh*

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[(Anonymous)]

Here's the Livejournal of a man who stayed in New
Orleans and kept an ISP running downtown using an
onsite power generator -- quite an "Omega Man" story,
or scenario. They had a live cam going the whole time,
plus a guy going around taking pictures. They didn't
seem to be in a flooded area in the CBD (Central
Business District).
http://www.livejournal.com/users/interdictor
I found this link while casually browsing the "User
Friendly" (http://www.userfriendly.org) reader postings
-- perhaps you found it yourself! Lord, the "chatnet"
is huge! Usenet, Livejournals, other websites that
support posting...

-Jim
http://www.geocities.com/jameswi.geo
...On a clear disk, you can seek forever...
5:10PM EDT
PS The "spam robot challenge" letters are too hard for
a human (me) to read!