October 17th 2011, Mike Davis, “Catastrophic Economics: The Predators of New Orleans.”

In this article one may learn about hurricane Katrina in August of 2005. Katrina turned into a category 1 hurricane near Miami, missing the city of New Orleans by 55km. It damaged approx. 90% of the levee systems in the east. They nicknamed the area that had flooded "Lake George." The United states Governement allowed huge firms like hailburton, the Shaw group and Blackwater Security to move in so quickly. The mayor was accused of not being responsible of taking good care of the city. The articles shows both sides of the government, the black and the white.

Here is a quote from the article, "No disaster in American history has been so accurately predicted in advance." It was Hurricane Betsy in 1965 that started technological advancements. Katrina was politically influenced, and New Orleans was a black majority and democratically ruled.

When the water flooded New Orleans and its suburbs, it was hard to reach someone on the phone for help. Emergency command was put out of operation early in the emergency by a shortage of diesel to run its backup generator for two days, Nagin and his aides could not reach outside the area. A lot of homeless individuals had no where to live and they were not able to afford to rent or buy.

Public Opinion
Katrina + Iraq occupation
= failure of government

-Unrealizable, unsustainable economic promises
-Social engineering and future electorate
-Lowering ecological and economical obstacles for selected businesses