Just in Time For Hurricane Season...

The Intersection
By Chris Mooney
Jun 17, 2008 8:23 PMNov 5, 2019 10:23 AM

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...we learn that New Orleans still can't necessarily withstand a strong Category 2. In other words, three years after Katrina, we still don't have the protections we were supposed to have before the storm hit. Gotta love the Corps, and its masters--Bush and Congress. All this, and I've been hatching plans to head back New Orleans for my 31st birthday in September...right during the peak of the season.

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