Andrew's Minute Paper 2/28

Something that registered with me both prior to class looking for information about potential hurricane risk in New Orleans as well as during the comments others made was how blatant the government misinformation was post-Katrina. Just by typing in "hurricane risk new orleans" I was able to find a quite plentiful resources detailing the risk to New Orleans, and yet various government officials claimed this was a surprising event. It can't be that their information is that poor, so it seems it must have been officials trying to make sure someone else took the blame for not informing them, rather than taking the blame for not having heeded the warning.
Again I found myself amazed at how differently the class went about the same task, raising awareness of a potential disaster. While the group I was in opted for a sort of scare/surprise tactic to get attention, others seemed to favor just the obvious, to avoid the scare.