| Even as we salute the men and women giving everything they have to help the victims, it is hard not to give in to anger as we wonder why the levees weren't built to withstand the storm surge every engineer and every meteorologist predicted was inevitable. How can we not roar with fury when we knew beforehand that the approaching hurricane was a Category 4 or 5, while the levees were only built to withstand a Category 3 storm, and yet preparations for relief efforts were delayed?
How can we not be outraged when we think of the billions of dollars we've spent on homeland preparedness after Sept. 11, 2001, yet watched as babies died for lack of water and food and electricity three days after the hurricane hit? McFEATTERS |
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