Helene is more deadly than Katrina if you don't count the deaths after the boat broke the levee that was well beyond its lifespan in New Orleans, which you shouldn't since that was a 100% fixable issue that was not taken care of.

[–] ShittyBeatlesFCPres@lemmy.world 47 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

We always say Katrina was a man-made disaster. I worry with climate change, that other places will be testing their infrastructure. Katrina should have been the canary in the coal mine and a lot of people just said, “Don’t live below sea level.” Old river damns can break just as easily as neglected levees.

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 23 points 10 hours ago

It was definitely a man-made disaster when it came to New Orleans. I made this analogy to someone else: if lightning strikes a skyscraper and the skyscraper burns down and kills everyone inside due to a lack of a sprinkler system, is that really death by a natural cause? I would say it's death by gross incompetence.

[–] JustZ@lemmy.world 1 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

What boat?

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 3 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ING_4727

[–] Revan343@lemmy.ca 5 points 7 hours ago

Wiki says the barge didn't cause the break in the levee, so it was entirely forseeable due to lack of maintenance