Government Estimates Five-Figure Death Toll

According to an article from cnn.com, a project funded by the government predicted 61,290 deaths from a category 3 storm in Louisiana. It was predicted in the same manner of Hurricane Pam; over 300,000 injuries were feared in a catastrophic flood from the hurricane. However, this fictitious storm wasn't as similar to Katrina as they believed. The project didn't have a solution to if the levees broke, which they did in Katrina; they also didn't have a solution to the looting afterwards. With Katrina, the assistance provided by the government took much longer to reach the disaster area than planned. Strangely enough, this plan was unleashed merely a few days before Katrina hit the Gulf Coast.
Similarily enough to Katrina with its widespread flooding is the unnamed hurricane that hit Galveston, Texas in 1900. Killing hundreds, the coast of Texas was completely unprepared for the hurricane. Storm surges and over twenty foot waves in both storms caused widespread flooding and drowning. Also, an immeasurable number of diseases related to contaminated water occurred with both storms. However, in 1900, the technology that the United States has today was unknown.
Should the unpredictability of Katrina overshadow the delayed response of the United States government? The ridiculously slow reaction to Katrina, with the technology the government has today, was completely unacceptable. With a predicted five-figure death toll and high injury rate to a significantly weaker storm, the assistance provided by the United States is looking at a grotesque cleanup for the Gulf Coast.