1.0 link 6609 <![CDATA[A Flood of Cassandras]]> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/nellie-b/a-flood-of-cassandras_b_6609.html When President Bush piped up on "Good Morning America" today and said, "I don't think anybody anticipated the breach of the levees," there was a collective "aarrrrrrgggggghhhhhh" from reporters, disaster officials and bloggers.

FEMA anticipated it as one of the "likeliest, most catastrophic disasters facing this country" in 2001.

The Houston Chronicle anticipated it in 2001.

The New Orleans Times-Picayune anticipated it in extensive detail in 2002.

The US Army Corps of Engineers anticipated it when federal budget cuts stopped...

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