[Phys-L] Re: New Orleans

["David T. Marx" <marx@PHY.ILSTU.EDU>]

On 26 Sep 2005 at 23:29, John Denker wrote:
> The lower areas have always been less desirable, with the result
> that rich people tend to live on high ground, while poor people tend
> to live on the low-lying ground.  When a storm threatens, this is a
> double-or-nothing proposition, because the people who most need to
> evacuate have the least means to do so.

..in particular when the mayor fails to follow evacuation plans, which included the use of
busses.  These busses were flooded instead of being used for evacuation.
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