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    'The Big Uneasy'

    Five years ago, the Washington Post reported that “Louisiana's top hurricane experts have rejected the official explanations for the floodwall collapses that inundated much of New Orleans…and that the city's flood-protection system should have kept most of the city dry.”

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    By Warren Olney • May 12, 2014 • 1 min read

    Five years ago, the Washington Post reported that “Louisiana's top hurricane experts have rejected the official explanations for the floodwall collapses that inundated much of New Orleans…and that the city's flood-protection system should have kept most of the city dry.” Those experts have since lost their jobs and Louisiana State University's Hurricane Center has now been shut down. That's just part of what's reported in the documentary, The Big Uneasy. Was Katrina really a “natural disaster” or largely man-made? Were levees built by the Army Corps of Engineers so poorly constructed they made it worse than it needed to be? What about recent efforts to protect New Orleans from future hurricanes? Are they based on sound engineering or pork barrel politics?

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    The full episode

    2 of 3
    New Orleans: 'The Big Uneasy'
    1. 0:00Bernanke Says Fed Can Do More for Economy
    2. 7:29'The Big Uneasy'You’re reading this
    3. 43:44Frank Lloyd Wright Houses for Sale
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