Hy and Christopher both sigh in relief on behalf of the City of New Orleans that Hurricane Francine was not worse. That does not mean that the thousands of homeowners without power or damaged by flooding do not deserve our help and prayers. However, this city could have had a much worse hurricane event, and that’s the subject of today’s show.  We are not prepared.Hy and Christopher point out that since Hurricane Katrina, Louisiana's levees have deteriorated. More importantly, there has been no move to put a floodgate at the Chef Pass and the Rigolets.  In other words, no barrier exists to stop storm surge from flowing into Lake Pontchartrain.  It is long past time for our politicians to examine this problem.We both acknowledge that the ABC Presidential Debate may actually change fewer opinions than most pundits believe, but Christopher notes that Taylor Swift’s endorsement could. Even if the pop singer does not get her legions of fans to register to vote, other votes could be changed thanks to a legion of concerned women in Louisiana writing postcards to mothers in Pennsylvania, urging them to vote for Kamala Harris.

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