Just a temporary band aid on the unfolding and worsening disaster of man made global climate change. All of the other problems mankind has will be insignificant within just a few more years.
"Water may be worse than wind because the storm could push walls of water while dumping rain to flood the low-lying coast in ...the Florida Panhandle."
Got to admit I was a bit disappointed when I awoke this morning to gentle breezes and no rain - kinda hoping to stay home from work today. The drive to work was great though - no one on the road. I live two miles from the gulf and the sound of the surf was deafening.
One of my co-workers lives on the beach and was told yesterday that there was to be a mandatory evacuation but as I drove past the bridge to Sanat Rosa Island this morning I noticed that the road was still open. When came in to work this morning she said that they had stayed in their house last night and just like me awoke to gentle breezes and no rain.
Tropical storms and hurricanes have hit the gulf coast for eons. Katrina wiped an entire generation of housing and business from the earth.
So, what do people do? MOVE BACK INTO THE SAME DARNED PLACE!
And we wonder why insurance rates go up and tax dollars have to be spent on dams and National Guard to prevent people from looting their neighbors.
Yes, I'm sorry about any disaster - but if it happens EVERY year - how come no one seems to get it and move somewhere else?
At the least, in flood zones, put pontoons on your homes so they can rise up when the water comes - just like floating docks do. In tornado zones build your homes underground and you'll save on heating and cooling also. Maybe these are not really very practical solutions - but, how many times do you have to rebuild your homes and your lives.
My grieve for those that have, and still, suffer from these disasters - but the Government should be helping you move to a safer place instead of rebuilding for the next disaster.
Can't speak for New Orleans, never have been there, but hurricanes not withstanding, living on the Gulf Coast is heaven. Can't imagine living anywhere else. BTW we have not seen a hurricane here since Dennis in 2005 so it doesn't happen every year.
If one looks at it, everywhere one is subject to the dangers of the weather be it earthquakes, floods, tornados, snow, drought, etc. Just got to pick which threat you are most comfortable with.
Places I have lived:
Virginia - Snow and Ice storms
Hawaii - Tsunami, Volcanos
California - Earthquakes, Wildfires
Oregon - Volcano (Mt St Helens)
Kansas/Oklahoma - Tornados, Snow and Ice Storms, Drought
Georgia - Snow and Ice, Hurricanes
South Carolina - Hurricanes
Nebraska - Tornados, Snow and Ice
and yes Florida - Hurricanes
Perhaps you are not aware but most of the people who live in flood prone areas do so because they work there. Many of our oil refinery and chemical plants are in flood prone area because they need huge amounts of water for shipping and processing. They also require the employees to live nearby so that they can respond quickly (Mine had a 25 mile limit). Besides what part of the country is with out hazard?
If anything breaks, it'll be the lake levees. The river levees will be tested next week. The canal levees will be closed off with flood walls.
The lake levees will have the storm surge from the gulf, the lake surge from the north-south winds, the rainwater from the clouds, and the rainwater from Pontchatrain's tributaries.
I hope they hold. It would be very bad to have the city flooded twice in one decade.
Exactly! Could they possibly hype this any more than they have. And next time there's a REAL hurricane people will think back on this, say meh, and die.
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I guess Ron Paul and his followers feel exactly the same way.
Got to admit I was a bit disappointed when I awoke this morning to gentle breezes and no rain - kinda hoping to stay home from work today. The drive to work was great though - no one on the road. I live two miles from the gulf and the sound of the surf was deafening.
One of my co-workers lives on the beach and was told yesterday that there was to be a mandatory evacuation but as I drove past the bridge to Sanat Rosa Island this morning I noticed that the road was still open. When came in to work this morning she said that they had stayed in their house last night and just like me awoke to gentle breezes and no rain.
Jeez!
So, what do people do? MOVE BACK INTO THE SAME DARNED PLACE!
And we wonder why insurance rates go up and tax dollars have to be spent on dams and National Guard to prevent people from looting their neighbors.
Yes, I'm sorry about any disaster - but if it happens EVERY year - how come no one seems to get it and move somewhere else?
At the least, in flood zones, put pontoons on your homes so they can rise up when the water comes - just like floating docks do. In tornado zones build your homes underground and you'll save on heating and cooling also. Maybe these are not really very practical solutions - but, how many times do you have to rebuild your homes and your lives.
My grieve for those that have, and still, suffer from these disasters - but the Government should be helping you move to a safer place instead of rebuilding for the next disaster.
If one looks at it, everywhere one is subject to the dangers of the weather be it earthquakes, floods, tornados, snow, drought, etc. Just got to pick which threat you are most comfortable with.
Places I have lived:
Virginia - Snow and Ice storms
Hawaii - Tsunami, Volcanos
California - Earthquakes, Wildfires
Oregon - Volcano (Mt St Helens)
Kansas/Oklahoma - Tornados, Snow and Ice Storms, Drought
Georgia - Snow and Ice, Hurricanes
South Carolina - Hurricanes
Nebraska - Tornados, Snow and Ice
and yes Florida - Hurricanes
The lake levees will have the storm surge from the gulf, the lake surge from the north-south winds, the rainwater from the clouds, and the rainwater from Pontchatrain's tributaries.
I hope they hold. It would be very bad to have the city flooded twice in one decade.