Politicians avoiding even an ounce of accountability because they know exactly what they deserve
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They said similarly when New Orleans was flooded by Hurricane Katrina and Houston was flooded by Harvey.
I know. I lost my house to Harvey.
Building a city below sea level right next to the ocean is asking for trouble. So they're correct about new Orleans.
the levee in New Orleans was supposed to make everything fine. frankly I'm highly suspicious of the way that it blew.
Why would you trust the government? They've proven many times over the years (at both a state and federal level) that they're largely not competent
Either that, or extremely devious
And yet there were considerable works and plans in place to prevent exactly that from happening. Almost like people aren't completely retarded about where they lived and considered such a possibility.
Much like this, it was slowly chipped away through years of corruption, incompetence, and disregard. If everything was at correct preparation, most of the city would have been spared considerable damage.
Also New Orleans was 100% above sea level when it was built. A century+ of pumping water out caused the land to dry out and sink to below sea level over the course of the 1900s. And its still only about half of it that's below still.
Houston has a lot of buildable area too. Or did. They ran out and started building in flood planes. Downtown didn't flood.
NO was at least well aware of where they sit and what happens when it floods. Levee breaks aside.