Questions Everywhere. Where Are the Answers?

We have been so wrapped up in the disaster caused by Hurricane Katrina (and rightly so) that we have forgotten that there have been other hurricanes that have also caused extensive damage. For years, the benchmark for destructive hurricanes was Camille of the summer of 1969. This was a category 5 with sustained winds of 190 mph. Philip Hearn is the guest of Chuck Harder and he has written a book on this – Hurricane Camille: Monster Storm of the Gulf Coast. What Philip says is that there is now a new benchmark- Katrina. The winds were not as fierce nor was the storm surge as high as Camille so why would the new crown go to Katrina? Because of the damage done. And why was the damage so much more extensive? Well, look at the building right on the coast and the casinos on the barges and the oil rigs in the Gulf and…. You get the picture. Chuck and Philip ask lots of questions, such as what bank is going to lend money? And what insurance company is going to take a gamble? And do we need to regulate coastal development ? But the biggest question is this: Won’t we ever learn?!?
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