The Award winning series of articles called "Washing Away" by the Times-Picayune newspaper investigated the probably repercussions of a major hurricane striking against New Orleans.
The experts knew exactly what would happen, and that it was bound to happen. Yet the Bush Administration gutted the city's budget.
This first image will strike you as chilling, it's from 2002, and you'd swear it was hurricane Katrina. Really worth reading - you'll get a very good picture of what they are up against now.
NOLA "Washing Away" series