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   From: adavid.smith@sympatico.ca   
      
   the_blogologist wrote:   
      
   > When tornados hit the damage is very localized. Most people in tornado   
   > alley may have a storm shelter or know of one close. Some schools have   
   > one building that's hardened.   
   >   
   > What made Katrina so bad was the New Orleans Levee Board failed to   
   > properly maintain and modernize the levee which was 40 years old! (the   
   > city is below sea level).  Even though Bush showed up with the mother of   
   > hurricane reliefs, the press slamed him to get the attention off of the   
   > levee and democrats.   
      
   I think you have that backwards. What made Hurricane Katrina so bad was it   
   was a Category 5 hurricane. It was the 6th worst Atlantic storm on record.   
      
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