[at-l] Sea level and all that..was something else.

[gadog430 at charter.net (Gadog430)]

Amen. And it's a shame because N.O. was really a fun place and I visited
many times when mother lived in Louisiana. I find it very interesting that
the buildings that seem to have weathered the best, other than high rises
that are above the water, are the old ones. They've probably not been
through worse, but they certainly have seen bad times and bad weather.
Dawg


----- Original Message -----
From: "Felix" <AThiker@smithville.net>
To: "AT-list" <at-l@mailman.backcountry.net>
Sent: Thursday, September 01, 2005 10:35 PM
Subject: [at-l] Sea level and all that..was something else.


> Walt Daniels wrote:
>
> >>I know I am going to be burned in effigy for this, but has
> >>anyone thought that maybe this should not be rebuilt? This is
> >>a flood plain for one of the largest lakes in the U.S. (half
> >>the size of Rhode Island) and one of the largest and most
> >>swift rivers in the world. I truly feel for these people that
> >>have lost EVERYTHING. This is terrible terrible.But this was
> >>a disaster waiting to happen. You can only hold mother nature
> >>back for so long before it busts loose. And when it decided
> >>to bust loose, no canal or flood wall is going to help in any way.
> >>
> >>Dawg
> >>
> >>
> >I won't do the burning. Similar thoughts had occurred to me. Perhaps not
as
> >strong as "not rebuilt", but certainly some of the considerations should
be
> >the cost effectiveness of building in a disaster prone area below
sealevel.
> >
> >So far they are in disaster recovery mode. I hope someone somewhere is
doing
> >some serious long term planning.
> >
>
> My engineer skewling didn't make it very far...but, I am still able to
> do this kinda figgering:
>
> _________________
> __________________________
> Sea
> level
> Lake Pontchartrain level
>
>                                    ________________________________
>                                     New Orleans level
>
> Now, something just doesn't seem right about that. And, I agree with
> Dawg that I think it's unfortunate that so many people have been so
> horribly affected. BUT, I still like it when nature kicks us in the ass
> a bit and lets us know who's boss. Some things we're just not supposed
> to do.  And, I agree with Walt that the ugly side of humanity seems to
> be getting uglier.
>
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