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1. It seems unwise to me to build a city below sea level on a hurricane prone coastline.



Great post Jack! My dad lived in NO a few years back and somehow to me it was rather unerving to be driving along Canal St and see the top portion of a passing barge on the other side of the dike a few feet above the level of the street.

News folks, it baffles me how a reporter can get their equipment loaded trucks and vans into areas that nobody else seems to be able to navigate but yet instead of loading these vehicles up with much needed supplies and water the story line seems to be more important. Interviewing dying and folks in terrible need while they're drinking a bottle of AquaFina, only to resort back to their hotel rooms in another city....incredible.

Yes, common folks in all parts of the world can be extremely resourceful whenever disasters such as this strike.


Rick
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