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This also seemed to follow a pattern set by the 911 disaster (prior warning signs were ignored by governing officials then as well).
The article brings to the reader's attention the problem at hand, which is that there are three main proposals being debated to prevent any further severe coastal damage in this region. All of them are very expensive and this seems to lie with the way the work will be contracted. The author (Michael Fischetti) even includes that the Army Core of Engineers is usually the group who would handle the design and the building of any safety structures (71).
Most of the information in this article has been common knowledge but can easily be referenced if one wished to verify the information contained within. It is rather disappointing that the article does not include any journal citations to make the reader's job of checking for accuracy less tedious. The author does however include a collection of topographical maps and design graphs that greatly contribute to the article's clarity as well as quoting from several sources...
Adding an idea for a cheaper solution that could benefit everyone concerned wouldn't have hurt. One suggestion to ponder might be to request evacuated residents to return and pay them to help build safety constructions. The paper seems logical and correct save Fischetti's implications of the situation's political undertone (66). Though it is probable that this red tape existed and exists, the author could have went into more detail or used some solid references to back up this point.
Works Cited
Fischetti, Michael. 2006. Protecting New Orleans. Scientific American. 2 September 2006 http://www.sciam.com
NOVA. Sept. 2005. Warnings from the ice. Transcripts. 2 September 2006 http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/transcripts/2508warnings.html
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Works Cited
Fischetti, Michael. 2006. Protecting New Orleans. Scientific American. 2 September 2006 http://www.sciam.com
NOVA. Sept. 2005. Warnings from the ice. Transcripts. 2 September 2006 http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/transcripts/2508warnings.html
Wikipedia. 3 Sept. 2006. Hurricane Katrina. Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. 3
September 2006 http://www.wikipedia.com
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