"“We have lent a huge amount of money to the U.S. Of course we are concerned about the safety of our assets. To be honest, I am definitely a little worried.” "


Chinese premier Wen Jiabao 12th March 2009


""We have a financial system that is run by private shareholders, managed by private institutions, and we'd like to do our best to preserve that system."


Timothy Geithner US Secretary of the Treasury, previously President of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York.1/3/2009

Tuesday, June 06, 2006

Katrina, what happened and why - PR MP3 download

Posted by PicasaLouisiana Storm Protection: Past, Present and Future by Living on Earth Radio
The Gulf Coast is preparing for another hurricane season, an army of scientists, engineers storm forecasters are racing to fix the levees that failed Louisiana.

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers recently accepted responsibility for the largest civil engineering disaster in American history - the collapse of the weak and outdated levee system meant to protect New Orleans.

The 125-mile man-made system was built on poor soil, with inconsistent materials and design, leaving a disjointed defense that Hurricane Katrina ultimately breached.

As the Corps and a number of other engineering teams work on the levees and the land, Living on Earth looks at the past, present and future of storm protection for Louisiana.

Superb, detailed and authoritative view of what happened and why in this Public Service Radio Living on Earth.MP3 download available here Posted by Picasa

at 6/06/2006 04:07:00 pm

No comments:

Post a Comment

Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom)

(C) Very Seriously Disorganised Criminals 2002/3/4/5/6/7/8/9 - copy anything you wish