--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "shempmcgurk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > In light of both last year's tsunami and Katrina, the issue has been > brought up in the media that the loss of human life and damages in > BOTH cases could have been greatly minimized had proper preparation > been made. > > It wasn't that experts didn't envision that a tsunami could happen > or that the levees in New Orleans could have broken, it's just the > odds seemed to make it so unlikely that public policy in this area > didn't make spending the millions or billions to prevent what could > have been prevented.
A strong hurricane hitting New Orleans was *not* considered that unlikely, to the contrary. ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Get fast access to your favorite Yahoo! Groups. Make Yahoo! your home page http://us.click.yahoo.com/dpRU5A/wUILAA/yQLSAA/JjtolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
