Why was New Orleans built that way?

[c9]

A quick history of New Orleans, which helps explain to a certain extent the curious design. (sorry for the wide image)


(Thanks CNN!)

Comments

[c9.livejournal.com]

I read something similar, describing that the levees were somewhat recently rebuilt / improved to contain a Cat3 hurricane. "Why not Cat5?" everyone screams today, and the answer of course is money. It would cost billions of dollars to build out to that extent, and the design work apparently isn't even complete -- had they committed to Cat5 containment, they still would have been at about the same status as last week.

[primary-suspect.livejournal.com]

I bet they are glad they saved all that money now... ;-)

[simplisticton.livejournal.com]

Saved? They didn't save it. They spent it on something else. Four letters.

[simplisticton.livejournal.com]

A bit of both :-)

[primary-suspect.livejournal.com]

Does it rhyme with "crack"? ;-)