and while the role of FEMA and the fed seems to be the national issue of interest, in all cases involving a State other than LA the Locals will be a factor in first response and how it all turned out.
FL, CA, hell even AL is better off than Southern LA. At least we send our crooked pols to prison.
Incidentally, about 10 years years ago NOLA had a 100 year flood unrelated to a tropical storm that killed 6 and was a major disaster. Much of the same areas were flooded and the levees were almost overcome. If it had happened then it would have been an equal disaster without a name.
Upgrades to the levee were approved by congress and there were budget cuts which affected those upgrades but budget cuts are not uncommon and I don't know if anything has been actually done in the 10 years since that flood other than talk.
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The flooding is a major factor