Its history, but the sad fact is its quite able to repeat itself. New Orleans, a city that I liked to visit during our winters on the gulf, is a disaster waiting to happen over and over again.This was a social break down by stae and local and federal government. Poor leader ship really showed its face in that place.From no help at the time it was yrgently needed to all kind of bungling by state and federal programs.Its still a city that is in harms way, and I for one who loved its old caracter, say most of it should never be rebuilt, its still below sea level in some places, dependant on a river that is straing to make a new channel to the gulf, and all governments, are a nobile attempt, to fill a whole in the water with money[ just like a boat]