Lingering problems threaten the recovery and make it more difficult to
proceed. It may look like a short list, but the tasks are daunting.
- Protect from future floods requires an ongoing commitment to improve defenses as the land settles and the sea levels rise.
- Reformulate the government
- Find effective ways to deal with race issues and take action
The magnitude of this disaster is the
greatest ever in the history of the city. It is taking an
unprecedented effort to help everybody injured. You hear this as the
reason for whatever shortcoming the latest request has unearthed. But
there were problems before the storm and many of them have yet to be
solved.