A 'cane? wen duz come de 'cane?

[Nirvana]

Easy to say when you live in Texas, Virginia and Georgia? Why has there never been hurricanes that were as destructive before Katrina in that area and why would it only take 2 storms for some to want to shitcan the whole place?

[TheMercenary]

Originally Posted by Nirvana

Easy to say when you live in Texas, Virginia and Georgia? Why has there never been hurricanes that were as destructive before Katrina in that area and why would it only take 2 storms for some to want to shitcan the whole place?

A good Cat 4 would wipe my house from the slate. We are only 5 miles from open water ocean and 150m from a very large tidal river with tide variance of greater than 8 feet each day. If my house got wiped out there isn't an insurance company that would insure me to rebuild. I would just have to move. Of course my house is not below sea level either. Many of the people in NO did just that. Left and didn't come back. This could easily be another Katrina:

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/n...w-orleans.html

How much more of our resources should we or the state of LA continue to pour into a place below sea level?

[Nirvana]

Originally Posted by TheMercenary

A good Cat 4 would wipe my house from the slate. We are only 5 miles from open water ocean and 150m from a very large tidal river with tide variance of greater than 8 feet each day. If my house got wiped out there isn't an insurance company that would insure me to rebuild. I would just have to move. Of course my house is not below sea level either. Many of the people in NO did just that. Left and didn't come back. This could easily be another Katrina:

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/n...w-orleans.html

How much more of our resources should we or the state of LA continue to pour into a place below sea level?

I hope that never happens to you or anyone else . Personally I would rather spend our resources here for our own disasters than for the global crises that are occurring. But who gets to choose how and where money is spent? For example how big is Iraq and if they have oil money why do they need our financing? Aw never mind that is a whole 'nother thread!

[classicman]

Originally Posted by TheMercenary

How much more of our resources should we or the state of LA continue to pour into a place below sea level?

ZERO - not one froggin dime - help them move away - maybe.

[jinx]

NO is a pretty important port though.... who's gonna run it if no one lives there?

[xoxoxoBruce]

Originally Posted by jinx

NO is a pretty important port though.... who's gonna run it if no one lives there?

Just move the port back to lands end.

[jinx]

Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce

Just move the port back to lands end.

Isn't that line kinda hard to define in that area?
Lots of stuff on the news about how much hasn't been rebuilt in 3 years. On the one hand you have the "it's ridiculous that it hasn't been rebuilt, and it certainly would have been if it were a richer/whiter area.
On the other hand you have people all over the country saying they don't want to pay to rebuild homes that are below sea level.

Personally, I think the workings of the port are important, and rebuilding it should be a national priority. I also think Katrina helped illustrate the problems with having large percentages of the population dependent upon the government for everything.... kinda fucks things up for everyone.

[classicman]

Originally Posted by jinx

On the other hand you have people all over the country saying they don't want to pay to rebuild homes that are below sea level.

Personally, I think the workings of the port are important, and rebuilding it should be a national priority. I also think Katrina helped illustrate the problems with having large percentages of the population dependent upon the government for everything.... kinda fucks things up for everyone.

I agree 100% Well said.