Flying Over the Delta November 2007 (Copyright G. Nienaber) It was not a hurricane named Katrina that wrecked the city of New Orleans. It was, quite simply, a warfare economy and a sold-out government. It was shoddy pumps and levees, barges run amuck, strategic resources of petroleum and natural gas, environmental deregulation, too much rain, … Continue reading Baghdad on the Bayou Redux: Wasting the Wetlands