Check out the complete article by Michael Grunwald in this Aug 13, 2007 issue of TIME Magazine. The cover photo is worth a thousand words.

“Two years after Katrina, this floodwall is all that stands between New Orleans and the next hurricane. It’s pathetic. How a perfect storm of big-money politis, shoddy engineering and environmental ignorance is setting up the city for another catastrophe.”

Some websites for your perusal:
www.time.com/lohuizen
www.time.com/katrina

“The storm was not the tragedy. The tragedy was how unprepared we were – and how we still have not learned the lessons of Katrina.” Richard Stengel, Managing Editor, TIME