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While I admire what "good" a multi-millionaire can do with his/her money, I fear this rebuilding program is an exercise in futility. It appears the American people - through their elected officials, lack the resolve to prevent another flood of the same nature as the one which devastated Louisiana, Mississippi and other states. The Netherlands has protected their earth for decades only with a huge investment of research, time, money and effort. The US is not pursuing this approach. We are merely begging to repeat our mistakes-rebuilding on a flood plain with levees and damns which will surely fail again.

It is my hope Mr. Pitt is working on government agencies to employ more effective measures to protect these new green pink homes. Without adequate measures to hold back the ocean, they will simply pollute the environment less when the next waves come. He has the power to make that the issue-not just pursue an undeniably charitable impulse to build what will simply be more temporary housing. jg in PDX

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