New Orleans Survives Hurricane

Seven years to the day after Hurricane Katrina made landfall, New Orleans managed to survive a battering from Hurricane Isaac yesterday, with its reinforced system of levees keeping the city largely dry and safe amid the Category 1 storm. What do you think?

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  “It’s reassuring to know that New Orleans is now equipped to handle a hurricane much less powerful than Katrina.”

  Howard Garcia Jr. –
  Unemployed

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  “I guess crippling poverty is going to have to do the work all by itself then.”

  Elsie Kanew –
  Acid Filler

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  “Oh, yeah, well Sean Penn’s heading down there anyway.”

  Dick McQuarrie –
  Endodontist