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Report: Overhaul system or New Orleans will suffer again
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YOUR E-MAIL ALERTSNEW ORLEANS, Louisiana (CNN) -- The catastrophe caused by Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans could happen again unless the city's hurricane protection system is massively overhauled, an engineering panel said Friday. "We must place the protection of public safety, health and welfare at the forefront of our nation's priorities. To do anything less could lead to a far greater tragedy than the one we have witnessed in New Orleans," a report issued by the American Society of Civil Engineers External Review Panel said. More than 150 engineers and scientists contributed to the panel's report analyzing what happened in New Orleans. "We now have a better understanding of what went wrong and why," the panel wrote. It also issued recommendations, but warned that there is "no quick fix." Among the findings: Some of the panel's recommendations:
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