What Post-Katrina New Orleans Taught Us About Urban Rats

Interesting. I didn't realize rats were under-studied.

What Post-Katrina New Orleans Taught Us About Urban Rats

Big parts of New Orleans have apparently not been rebuilt, or even bull-dozed, ten years later.  That's rather shameful in my view -- a ton of money disappeared into the city and it's not apparent where it all went.

If the decision was made not to rebuild in flood-prone areas that would be one thing -- but as far as I can tell, much of the re-building was in UPSCALE flood-prone areas.  Only the poorer Black neighborhoods got left out of the recovery effort - regardless of their flood status.

Wikipedia wrote:

Vice President Dick Cheney was also criticized in his role in the aftermath. On the night of August 30, and again the next morning, he personally called the manager of the Southern Pines Electric Power Association and ordered him to divert power crews to electrical substations in nearby Collins, Mississippi, that were essential to the operation of the Colonial Pipeline, which carries gasoline and diesel fuel from Texas to the Northeast.[22] The power crews were reportedly upset when told what the purpose of the redirection was, since they were in the process of restoring power to two local hospitals, but did so anyway.[23]

"Vice President Dick Cheney..."

Yeah. Talk about your urban rats - there's one for ya.