Katrina scenario did not exist (Does he live under a rock?)
http://edition.cnn.com/2005/US/09/03/katrina.chertoff/i...
Defending the U.S. government's response to Hurricane Katrina,
Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff argued Saturday that
government planners did not predict such a disaster ever could occur.
But in fact, government officials, scientists and journalists have
warned of such a scenario for years.
Chertoff, fielding questions from reporters, said government officials
did not expect both a powerful hurricane and a breach of levees that
would flood the city of New Orleans. (See the video on a local paper's
prophetic warning -- 3:30 )
"That 'perfect storm' of a combination of catastrophes exceeded the
foresight of the planners, and maybe anybody's foresight," Chertoff
said.
But engineers say the levees preventing this below-sea-level city from
being turned into a swamp were built to withstand only Category 3
hurricanes. And officials have warned for years that a Category 4
could cause the levees to fail. (See video of why the levee's breech
was devastating -- 1:53)
On what planet do these people live?
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