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Unfortunately, he knew.(Hurricane Katrina)
American Prospect, The, October, 2005 by Mooney, Chris
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From the editors: On May 23, 2005, Prospect senior correspondent Chris Mooney, whose "Inferior Design" appeared in our September issue, wrote a piece for our Web site about his hometown of New Orleans. Fully three months before Hurricane Katrina hit home, Mooney wrote:
"A slow-moving Category 4 or Category 5 hurricane ... could generate a 20-foot surge that would easily overwhelm the levees of New Orleans.... Soon the geographical 'bowl' of the Crescent City would fill up with the waters of the lake, leaving those unable to evacuate with little option but to ...
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