On August 29, 2005, the city of New Orleans was ravaged by the effects of Hurricane
Katrina, this country’s costliest natural disaster, and by the mistakes made in the
construction and maintenance of the levee system designed to protect the low-lying
city. In the shock and devastation of the lingering aftermath, even as residents began
bravely to rebuild, they also began to take stock, to evaluate shortcomings and areas
in which lack of preparedness was evident in a city that had not been directly hit
by a hurricane since Betsy in 1965 and that had perhaps grown too complacent about
the potential for disaster. It is only wise to make such assessments and then attempt
to learn from them.
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Publication history
Accepted:
May 27,
2008
Received:
May 14,
2008
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© 2008 Southern Society for Clinical Investigation. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
