Katrina and Sandy cost over 2,000 lives. Will we do better next time?

Grist
By Brentin MockAug 29, 2014, 2:48 pm84 pts
Looking back, nine years ago this week, when Hurricane Katrina landed on the Gulf Coast, making a mockery of the federal levees in the process, the looming question is, What did we learn? We want to know the same about Superstorm Sandy, which struck the East Coast two years ago. Fortunately, there are quite a…

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