Send this article to anyone who says there was no way to know how

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bad it would get.

http://www3.nationalgeographic.com/ngm/0410/feature5/?fs=www7.nationalgeographic.com

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The storm hit Breton Sound with the fury of a nuclear warhead, pushing a deadly storm surge into Lake Pontchartrain. The water crept to the top of the massive berm that holds back the lake and then spilled over. Nearly 80 percent of New Orleans lies below sea level—more than eight feet below in places—so the water poured in. A liquid brown wall washed over the brick ranch homes of Gentilly, over the clapboard houses of the Ninth Ward, over the white-columned porches of the Garden District, until it raced through the bars and strip joints on Bourbon Street like the pale rider of the Apocalypse. As it reached 25 feet (eight meters) over parts of the city, people climbed onto roofs to escape it.

Thousands drowned in the murky brew that was soon contaminated by sewage and industrial waste. Thousands more who survived the flood later perished from dehydration and disease as they waited to be rescued. It took two months to pump the city dry, and by then the Big Easy was buried under a blanket of putrid sediment, a million people were homeless, and 50,000 were dead. It was the worst natural disaster in the history of the United States.


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Reading those paragraphs above, it comes as quite a shock to realize that the article is almost a year old.


FUCK YOU BUSHCO AND CLINTON TOO AND ANYONE ELSE WHO HAS THE GALL TO CLAIM THERE WAS NO WAY TO KNOW HOW BAD IT WAS GOING TO BE. FUCK ALL Y'ALL.

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1. P.S. Sorry if this was posted before. Threads are flying by so fast

it's hard to keep up.

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2. self-kick

sorry

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3. READ THIS ARTICLE!!!! Great read. Thanks for the link. N/T

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4. kick

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5. National Geographic must be psychic, cause the Prez says there

was no way to know! Spooky!

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6. another kick

sorry, I just think this an important read

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7. wow