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September 25, 2005
It's happening to the Gulf of Mexico again:
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Thankfully, Hurricane Rita weakened from category three to a category one storm.
This is a region that has been devastated by Hurricane Katrina. An already devastated New Orleans is suffering renewed flooding as weakened levees give way as the edges of hurricane Rita began pummelling the US Gulf Coast.
Some areas will have no electricity for months. Highways, streets, bridges, treatment plants, docks, ports have disappeared. The schools, churches, libraries and offices lucky enough to be standing can't open for weeks. Those not standing will be scooped up in the rubble, then rebuilt. But where, and at what cost?
The reality undercuts the political talk of a glorious future ahead.
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