Peter Bergen: It’s hard to forget the scenes of stranded New Orleans residents waiting for help. He says it’s easy to understand why Mayor C. Ray Nagin was screaming on the radio for federal help that he said wasnt showing up in force. Bergen asks: Why weren’t more people evacuated from New Orleans and other coastal areas before the storm? He says the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is at least a decade away from upgrading New Orleans levees to sustain a category 4 or 5 hurricane.”]
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