Bush dropped the ball, says FEMA

A December 2001 Houston Chronicle article (hosted at Louisiana State U) summarizes a list of the three likliest national disasters that Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) released in early 2001. In those top three, ironicially at the time, was a terrorist attack on New York City. Also up there was a hurricane hitting New Orleans. And yet, funding to shore up the levees wasn't increased, but slashed between then and the disaster we see today.

Now that two of the top three have come to pass, standing at the top is The Big One (earthquake) hitting San Francisco. To the Bush Administration: start preparing. This isn't politics, this is LIVES.