Closing Thoughts on Katrina
In honor of Hurricane Katrina Rememberance Day, I leave you with these Katrina links, which I am removing from my left-hand navigation today so that we have room for future links of interest.
The news is still surreal... like something out of a sci-fi disaster movie... death counts still rising... talk of building new cities, out of nothing, to house evacuees (which are being called "refugees" by some media outlets)... how to cordon off what's still damaged or under water in New Orleans and southern Mississippi.
SATELLITE SHOT FROM GRAND ISLE, LA 8/31/05
As a soapbox followup to my original "Historical Deadly Canes" post, I submit that the death toll from Katrina, which is now over 700, has eclipsed all hurricanes in modern times, in fact no more than 250 people have died in a hurricane since the advent of weather satellites. Weather satellites are key to predicting hurricane paths. Imagine trying to predict the approach of a major hurricane without being able to see it on a weather satellite map! During those times, surely a high death count could be chalked up to bad or short forecasts. Katrina's death count, for this reason if none other, surely points to a failure in the country's disaster preparation infrastructure. We can't just throw up our hands and blame mother nature. That is all I have to say as we try to move forward from this terrible disaster.
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