Attributed to Einstein :"The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results."

Scientists Comb a Ruined Coastline for Clues and Lessons - New York Times

"'We have never learned that lesson,' said Abby Sallenger, a scientist with the United States Geological Survey who has studied storm effects on the East and Gulf coasts for years. Dr. Sallenger does not advocate wholesale retreat from the coast, he said, but 'the coastal research community should come together and come to some conclusions about where it is safer to go.'

'What's happened before is you come back and you not only rebuild, you rebuild bigger,' he continued, but 'there are some places where you should think twice about putting up a pup tent.'

Scientists who want this point to be heard, and who think Hurricane Katrina may be an ideal opportunity to make it, are eager to obtain as much good data as possible about the storm and its effects."