Comments on: This Disaster Moves in Slow Motion: Thinking of New Orleans & the Gulf Coast Oil Spill http://stateofthereunion.com/the-gulf-coast-oil-spill State of the Re:Union is a new Public Radio show that examines what makes a community and the resonating themes that unite us as a country. Thu, 04 Aug 2011 02:24:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Irene http://stateofthereunion.com/the-gulf-coast-oil-spill/comment-page-1#comment-918 Irene Tue, 18 May 2010 20:10:10 +0000 http://stateofthereunion.com/?p=1232#comment-918 I agree. The people of New Orleans are resilient, courageous, hopeful and proud. However, they have not been withstanding devastation caused by natural disasters, but man-made disasters. The majority of post-Katrina flooding in New Orleans was caused by levee failure on the part of the Corps of Engineers. The oil spill was caused by BP's irresponsibility in following safety regulations and their disregard for establishing catastrophic recovery procedures and tools. Calling such events 'natural' diverts accountability and decreases our ability to put an end to such carelessness. The long-term impact of both of these avoidable man-made disasters is immeasurable. Power to the people of New Orleans and the Gulf Coast in surviving this battle. I agree. The people of New Orleans are resilient, courageous, hopeful and proud. However, they have not been withstanding devastation caused by natural disasters, but man-made disasters. The majority of post-Katrina flooding in New Orleans was caused by levee failure on the part of the Corps of Engineers. The oil spill was caused by BP’s irresponsibility in following safety regulations and their disregard for establishing catastrophic recovery procedures and tools. Calling such events ‘natural’ diverts accountability and decreases our ability to put an end to such carelessness.

The long-term impact of both of these avoidable man-made disasters is immeasurable. Power to the people of New Orleans and the Gulf Coast in surviving this battle.

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