Dutch Dialogues & Hurricane Katrina prove that hindsight is only 20/20 for a little while
New Orleans is unlucky. Since 2005’s low point, it has been victim to the worst exhibits of public stewardship and post-disaster response possible. Beginning with foolishly-designed shipping canals/ levee-systems and unprepared disaster-response officials, missteps soon graduated to hopelessly inadequate provisions for temporary (and shoddily-built) emergency shelters, misappropriation-of-funds / self-dealing scandals, and a new crop of long-range planning initiatives that were tone-deaf to [...]