I'm leaning towards her being a clear case of idiocy,,,
But in line with what you're saying, such was said in regards to Katrina. Not of the hurricane itself, but that the goverment took the opportunity to destroy levees that would flood/destroy poorer areas in order to make the real estate available later for development.
Then again, the same was said of the Twin Towers on 9/11, that it was a quick way to make some prime real estate available for redevelopment. Like that really makes sense.