Katrina`s Aftermath

"The Bush administration first overruled development regulations that were designed to protect the wetlands south of the city that for centuries worked to blunt the storm surge of these typhoons. Then it proceeded to cut the federal funding for dike repair and improvement on the levies that hold the Mississippi and Lake Pontchartrain out of the city, most of which is 10-20 feet below sea level. To make matters worse, the White House didn`t only divert dike funding to its Iraq War; it also diverted a third of Louisiana`s National Guard troops, as well as almost all their amphibious vehicles,
which would have proved invaluable at getting into the flooded area to rescue victims quickly, to the Iraqi desert."