[The water especially devastated the Ninth Ward, among the city's poorest and lowest lying areas.] Out West, there is a saying that water flows to money, ... But in New Orleans, water flows away from money. Those with resources who control where the drainage goes have always chosen to live on the high ground. So the people in the low areas were hardest hit. |
It demonstrated the inadequacies of the human component on a national level. |
Levees have a tendency to cause a false sense of security, |
Levees have a tendency to cause a false sense of security. |
Louisiana has sacrificed its coastline so those people in North Dakota can have fuel oil, so they can drive their vehicles. |
Out West, there is a saying that water flows to money. But in New Orleans, water flows away from money. Those with resources who control where the drainage goes have always chosen to live on the high ground. So the people in the low areas were hardest hit. |
Rebuilding here means so much more than walls and roofs and levees, |
Rebuilding here means so much more than walls and roofs and levees. |
So much has to happen, so many things have to come together, |
That may be good because we may be able to abandon some of those lower areas. |
The Cajuns uprooted from Canada and moved as a group to Louisiana. Vietnamese communities have reassembled after moving much farther. There is precedent for doing this, |
The evacuation plan was really based on people driving out, ... They didn't have buses. They didn't have trains. |
The evacuation plan was really based on people driving out. They didn't have buses. They didn't have trains. |
The lowest of the low areas probably shouldn't be redeveloped, |
The lowest of the low areas probably shouldn't be redeveloped. |