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CHERTOFF: KATRINA SCENARIO DID NOT EXIST |
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by CNN.com
However, experts for years had warned of threat to New Orleans Monday, September 5, 2005; Posted: 2:55 p.m. EDT (18:55 GMT) Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff talks with reporters Saturday during a news conference. New Orleans (Louisiana) WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Defending the U.S. government's response to Hurricane Katrina, Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff argued Saturday that government planners did not predict such a disaster ever could occur. But in fact, government officials, scientists and journalists have warned of such a scenario for years. Chertoff, fielding questions from reporters, said government officials did not expect both a powerful hurricane and a breach of levees that would flood the city of New Orleans. |
