Katrina

Reading about the expected effects of hurricane Katrina on New Orleans is a sobering experience. It’s not just the 160mph winds, of course, it’s the fact that New Orleans lies two metres below sea level, and if the sea defenses are breached, the scale of the disaster could be taken to a whole other level. Living, as I do, six metres below sea level makes one somewhat sensitive about these things…

Update: This article, written in 2001, may be a prediction of events about to unfold…