"Tom S." wrote in message
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read the rest at:
http://www.frontpagemag.com/Articles...e.asp?ID=19418

Of course, what that article fails to point out is that the
environmentalists were actually right. In spite of their efforts, other
projects (diversion of the Mississipi River mainly) have nearly obliterated
the wetlands around New Orleans that provide a buffer from storms.

Not all that surprising, given the intense right-wing slant of
frontpagemag.com.

This is an article from 2001, quite closely predicting exactly what
happened, and explaining some of the environmental issues related to it:

http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?cha...mber=1&catID=2

Basically, it would have been possible to provide useful protection to New
Orleans *without* destroying the wetlands, and in fact protecting and
restoring the wetlands was one of the most important things they could have
done to protect New Orleans from storms. Destroying more of the environment
in order to compensate for destruction already wrought is a senseless
approach.

Pete