Sunday, August 28, 2005

House of the Rising Sun


There is a house in New Orleans, they call the Rising Sun, but it's about to be destroyed by Hurricane Katrina.

Katrina is set to be only the 4th category 5 hurricane to make landfall in the United States in the past 150 years, and its chosen target is the posterchild for a vulnerable community. Much of New Orleans and its 500,000 inhabitants lie well below sea-level,and flood defenses were designed to withstand a fast-moving category 3 hurricane. For years, a major hurricane strike has been presented as one of the worst case scenarios for U.S. natural disasters. We're about to find out if all the fuss has been warranted. Hopefully the city proves far more resilient than advertised.

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