Nobody should feel too safe about this latest annoucement. \”we\’re pretty sure\” doesn\’t cut it. New Orleans residents just don\’t get. They re-elected clown prince Ray Nagin, the guy who blew his chance with Katrina. You can\’t keep doing the same thing and expect a different result. Nobody want\’s to face the reality that the New Orleans of yester-year is gone. People and businesses aren\’t coming back in spite of the lame attempts to convice the country otherwise. Nobody should attempt to build a major city BELOW sea level and \”hope\” they don\’t smacked with \”the big one\”. Katrina wasn\’t \”the big one\”. The levees, pumps, and local government failed in the face of a category 3 storm.
This latest plan \”might\” evacuate the same poor souls that got trapped the last time. Rather than throw good money after bad, maybe somebody should consider relocation assistance to a safer area. Ever wonder \”who exactly\” wants the city re-built?
No need to wonder any longer \”who exactly\” wants the city re-built…..people who call New Orleans HOME want it re-built. I don\’t live there, but I do know what it means to be HOME!
I understand what it means to be HOME too, but if \”they\” don\’t have the God-given sense to leave after what they\’ve been through, then they deserve whatever they get. If \”they\” are so gung ho on rebuilding New Orleans, then \”they\” should move it about 30 miles inland!
When I lived in Louisiana, I had neighbors who lived in a flood zone and when I asked them about it, they said they didn\’t mind because they got to redecorate at least once a year! New carpet, furniture, the works!
How about away from a known flood zone?
We can all appreciate being \’Home\’. If we all had to pay out of our own pocket we might very well pick a better locale.
That still didn\’t answer my question, there are disasters all over the US, I have known of areas that were not in flood zones that flooded! What about earthquakes, mudslides, wildfires, droughts, tornadoes, and any other number of disasters that occur each year. Go to this link to see all the disasters and tell me where it is safe to live! http://www.usatoday.com/life/graphics/natural_disasters/flash.htm
RAL – there is no educational value in touching a got iron a second time. \”home\” is a lame excuse for wanting to stay in harms way. In addition, I don\’t want my tax money funding the re-building of a city that is so precarious and vulnerable that this could, and probably will happen again. The Kansas example was lost on me. Hurricanes provide early warning and can be tracked. Tornadoes strike with little or no warning and are random.
If the people who value New Orleans as \”home\” over their personal safety want to stay there that\’s fine. The problem is they can\’t pay for it. Most couldn\’t even afford flood and or homeowners insurance and now they want the government to bail them out. (no pun intended) A little \”self-reliance\” and \”common sense\” is in order for these folks. It\’s no accident that not one Fortune 500 Company has a corporate presence in New Orleans. The whole country saw how the local government and residents conducted themselves after the storm. Finger pointing and demanding someone else clean up the mess. This isn\’t a \”bash\” on New Orleans, but this is an insurance web site, not emotions.
Excuse me, but it sounds like quite a bashing to me! And the point with Kansas is, there are no cities safe from natural disasters! And lets not forget to add the Federal government\’s blunder! Not naming names!
Hard to mitigate against flood except to build on high ground, something those in LA don\’t want to do, and seemingly don\’t want to pay for. But look at the bright side – they WILL have a milk chocolate city, whatever that means Ray Nagin.
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Nobody should feel too safe about this latest annoucement. \”we\’re pretty sure\” doesn\’t cut it. New Orleans residents just don\’t get. They re-elected clown prince Ray Nagin, the guy who blew his chance with Katrina. You can\’t keep doing the same thing and expect a different result. Nobody want\’s to face the reality that the New Orleans of yester-year is gone. People and businesses aren\’t coming back in spite of the lame attempts to convice the country otherwise. Nobody should attempt to build a major city BELOW sea level and \”hope\” they don\’t smacked with \”the big one\”. Katrina wasn\’t \”the big one\”. The levees, pumps, and local government failed in the face of a category 3 storm.
This latest plan \”might\” evacuate the same poor souls that got trapped the last time. Rather than throw good money after bad, maybe somebody should consider relocation assistance to a safer area. Ever wonder \”who exactly\” wants the city re-built?
No need to wonder any longer \”who exactly\” wants the city re-built…..people who call New Orleans HOME want it re-built. I don\’t live there, but I do know what it means to be HOME!
I understand what it means to be HOME too, but if \”they\” don\’t have the God-given sense to leave after what they\’ve been through, then they deserve whatever they get. If \”they\” are so gung ho on rebuilding New Orleans, then \”they\” should move it about 30 miles inland!
When I lived in Louisiana, I had neighbors who lived in a flood zone and when I asked them about it, they said they didn\’t mind because they got to redecorate at least once a year! New carpet, furniture, the works!
And should all the people of Greensburg, KS move and all the people in Calif? Where can we all move to prevent disaster?
How about away from a known flood zone?
We can all appreciate being \’Home\’. If we all had to pay out of our own pocket we might very well pick a better locale.
That still didn\’t answer my question, there are disasters all over the US, I have known of areas that were not in flood zones that flooded! What about earthquakes, mudslides, wildfires, droughts, tornadoes, and any other number of disasters that occur each year. Go to this link to see all the disasters and tell me where it is safe to live!
http://www.usatoday.com/life/graphics/natural_disasters/flash.htm
RAL – there is no educational value in touching a got iron a second time. \”home\” is a lame excuse for wanting to stay in harms way. In addition, I don\’t want my tax money funding the re-building of a city that is so precarious and vulnerable that this could, and probably will happen again. The Kansas example was lost on me. Hurricanes provide early warning and can be tracked. Tornadoes strike with little or no warning and are random.
If the people who value New Orleans as \”home\” over their personal safety want to stay there that\’s fine. The problem is they can\’t pay for it. Most couldn\’t even afford flood and or homeowners insurance and now they want the government to bail them out. (no pun intended) A little \”self-reliance\” and \”common sense\” is in order for these folks. It\’s no accident that not one Fortune 500 Company has a corporate presence in New Orleans. The whole country saw how the local government and residents conducted themselves after the storm. Finger pointing and demanding someone else clean up the mess. This isn\’t a \”bash\” on New Orleans, but this is an insurance web site, not emotions.
Excuse me, but it sounds like quite a bashing to me! And the point with Kansas is, there are no cities safe from natural disasters! And lets not forget to add the Federal government\’s blunder! Not naming names!
Hard to mitigate against flood except to build on high ground, something those in LA don\’t want to do, and seemingly don\’t want to pay for. But look at the bright side – they WILL have a milk chocolate city, whatever that means Ray Nagin.