Katrina: They knew it could happen

Stumbled across an interesting article yesterday, that simultaneously is and is not about hurricane Katrina. In October of last year, National Geographic did an article about Louisiana's Wetlands. The first four paragraphs lay out, in frightening detail, exactly what happened with hurricane Katrina.

It seems like there has been a failure of government, both in the time that preceded Katrina, and with what has occurred since. The optimist in me hopes that the government is held accountable, and grows and evolves to a better place as a result. But the pessimist in me doesn't think that anything is really going to change. :(

-Andy.