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House probe blasts Katrina preparation  view story
Wednesday, February 15, 2006
AP's LARA JAKES JORDAN - - Fort Worth Star-Telegram
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The deaths and suffering of thousands of Hurricane Katrina's victims might have been avoided if the government had heeded lessons from the 2001 terror attacks and taken a proactive stance toward disaster preparedness, a House inquiry concludes.
But from President Bush on down to local officials there was largely a reactive posture to the catastrophic Aug. 29 storm - even when faced with early warnings about its deadly potential.
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