Posted by Ilene on September 2, 2005, at 22:52:28
In reply to Re: why not sooner?, posted by rjlockhart98 on September 2, 2005, at 21:58:47
They can't exactly drain New Orleans because it's below sea level, and below Lake Pontchartrain. They have to pump the water up, then out.
One of the reasons for the disaster was lack of federal funding to build and maintain levees. I don't know why the feds were so unprepared.
I feel so sorry for those people. We gave some money to the Red Cross.
I.
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