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To: DMaA who wrote (135625)	8/31/2005 10:17:27 AM
From: Ilaine	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793914

The vulnerability -- it is said by people who know much more about it than I do -- was, in large part, due to the loss of wetlands, which was, in large part, due to destruction of the marshes by the oil and gas industry. But instead of getting industry to change their ways or pay for restoration, they wanted to pass it on to the American taxpayer, so nothing got done. Here is one good link: americanradioworks.publicradio.org I will look for others. Edit: never mind, Tulane's servers are down. D'oh!

To: DMaA who wrote (135625)	8/31/2005 10:47:41 AM
From: LindyBill	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 793914

Is that be best use of trillions? We are solid when a tragedy happens. Rationally, NO should be abandoned. Never happen. So we will dump a trillion into relief and rebuild.

To: DMaA who wrote (135625)	8/31/2005 12:08:12 PM
From: Ilaine	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793914

About 20 years ago I spent a semester at UNO studying urban planning, and did a special research project on the pumps that drain New Orleans. They were old then. The levee system was old then. And when I asked about worst-case scenarios, nobody had an answer. At the time, I was a libertarian, and just couldn't reconcile libertarianism and urban planning, so went to law school instead. But there is no free market solution to natural disasters. Just as there is no free market solution to war, or violent crime. It goes against our grain, as believers in free markets, to plan for these eventualities. Inertia usually works. The free market usually works. But not always.