[IP] DHS and White House *did* anticipate the breach of the levees
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From: Serge Egelman <egelman@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: January 24, 2006 10:58:47 AM EST
To: David Farber <dave@xxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: DHS and White House *did* anticipate the breach of the levees
For IP if you wish:
In today's NYT, there's an article (http://www.nytimes.com/2006/01/24/
national/nationalspecial/24katrina.html) covering the upcoming
release of Katrina-related documents coming from the Senate
investigation. As Salon so aptly says (http://www.salon.com/politics/
war_room/2006/01/24/katrina/index.html):
"On Sept. 1, 2005, as much of New Orleans sat under water, George W.
Bush appeared on Good Morning America to defend his administration's
flat-footed response to Hurricane Katrina. "I don't think anybody
anticipated the breach of the levees," he said.
We knew then that it wasn't true -- experts had warned for years that
the city's levees would stand no chance against a large storm -- but
we didn't know whether that knowledge had been delivered to the White
House. Now we do. As the New York Times reports today, the Homeland
Security Department warned the White House at 1:47 a.m. on Aug. 29 --
which is to say, hours before Katrina struck New Orleans -- that "any
storm rated Category 4 or greater will likely lead to severe flooding
and/or levee breaching.""
serge
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