1.0 link 59869 http://www.huffingtonpost.com/harry-shearer/why-new-orleanians-feel-n_b_59869.html The long-term future of the city depends on the restoration of the wetlands. But the immediate and short-term future of New Orleans depends on a stronger, smarter storm surge protection system. As things now stand, responsibility for designing and constructing that system is in the hands of the same agency that made catastrophic errors in designing and constructing elements of the system that failed almost two years ago--the US Army Corps of Engineers. Today's Times-Picayune reports on a New...

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