actually this article on exactly this event was written in 2001.
http://filebox.vt.edu/users/jkbrooks...%20Orleans.pdf
artcile was having problems loading today, possibly site being hit hard.
funding was asked for by the Army corp of engineers, and denied.
NO city government, and State legislature need to be interrogated as to why it was put off so long, when it was known it was only a matter of time before it happened.
$20-$25 million, is a hell of alot less than what will be spent on cleanup and reconstruction, and thats not including the pain and suffering that would have been prevented.
not "could" have been, but most definately _WOULD_ have been prevented.