Oh my! Everyone see this? Aired January 25,2005

[tencats]

PBS NOVA program about what would happen if a Hurrican hit New Oreleans, LA.

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/sciencenow/3204/02.html

[jsamuel]

1. yeah, I know I saw it a while ago... THAT IS WHY I AM PISSED! Even I knew!

[tk2kewl]

6. If they would have made a colorful animated version ...

maybe shithead would have watched too. :mad:

[shoelace414]

2. Liberal propaganda..

that would never happen.

[tallahasseedem]

3. It seems everyone knew about this except the administration....

again!!! These people are incompetent assholes.

[DrDebug]

4. National Geographics had an amazing article about it as well

So there were people who thought about the possibility...

[uppityperson]

5. National Geographic October 2004, page 88

Tells what might happen, did happen, and why.

[spuddonna]

7. Yeah, we talked about that here on Sunday...

We were really worried the levee system would collapse entirely with a Cat 5 hurricane...

Yeah, 'no one could have guessed they'd break'... gimme a f'ing break!!

This administration cut funding to fix those levees and now they're guilty at least of criminal neglegence in getting water and food to these people...

[opihimoimoi]

8. These guys in charge too busy to watch this channel...they be masticating

while watching kiddie porn or something...

[Inland]

9. Bush admin. response: cut PBS funding immediately!

eom

[SammyWinstonJack]

10. It would have had to be on the Cartoon Network for Jr. to have seen it.

:silly:

[Jacobin]

11. Yes. That documentary has been around for some time

I've seen it or at least some version of the same thing for a couple of years now.

Everyone at FEMA knew it was one of the top three catastrophes waiting to strike the US.

This adminstration is so riddled with incompetence that it no longer functional

[dogday]

12. Their scenario was that 20,000-30,000 killed

OMG that is something, I cannot begin to understand how our government would let this happen....

[Silverhair]

13. In the mid 1980's I saw Cray computer simulation results.

That's when I became aquainted with the term "Project Storm" for the worst case scenario, a major hurricane with the eye just to the right of New Orleans. "Project Storm" was the name given because the results were so extreme.

So this possibility has been known for about 20 years. Lots of blame to go around for everyone.

[Just Me]

14. Yes. The feds KNEW the potential consequences.

There is simply NO EXCUSE for the lack of appropriate response.

[kansasblue]

15. THANK YOU ! NOVA... I was thinking Frontline. I saw it !

It said just what we are seeing! The predicted 40,000 to 60,000 dead from a Cat 5 direct hit.

They said the city could NOT be evacuated in time. Too many elderly, poor, car-less, and just too many to be evacuated. It warned of what we are seeing. The levy breaches.



Fantastic show! Anyone have a copy?

[shance]

16. kick

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