New Orleans again vulnerable as new hurricane season opens

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New Orleans again vulnerable as new hurricane season opens
by Staff Writers
New Orleans, Louisiana (AFP)

With a new storm season looming ominously, New Orleans remains vulnerable eight months after Hurricane Katrina wrecked thousands of homes and left much of the city under water.

Levee systems that gave way under the pressure of Katrina and Hurricane Rita shortly afterwards still haven't been repaired, and while officials say stopgap measures will be sufficient to prevent another massive flood, many residents are fearful that the homes they have barely finished repairing could be wrecked again.

Hurricane Katrina left more than 1,300 people dead last year after slamming the US Gulf coast, and entire neighborhoods in New Orleans remain abandoned because tens of thousands of those who lost everything to the stagnant floodwaters last September have not come back.

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http://www.terradaily.com/reports/New_Orleans_again_vulnerable_as_new_hurricane_season_opens.html

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1. Please tell me the odds of it happening again.. before the real work

is done on a proper levy system.. please tell me those odds are nil. Odds of a category 4 storm hitting the same place twice..

Please.