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Old 09-03-2008, 11:22 AM   #46
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Re: Gustav

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Originally Posted by jdlea View Post
There are federally built levees all across the country and I don't hear anyone suggest that because some of middle America has levees around their homes, that they should move.
They used to do this all the time. A city would flood because it is ina flood plain and the federal gov't would come in and tell them to move the town.

The problem with NO isn't that it is prone to natural disasters in a simlar way to other US cities. It is prone to natural disasters because it is part of the ocean that we have decided to convert to developed land. That will never change. We can build better and bettet buildings to withstand earthquakes and tornados. We can't drain the ocean which w'd need to do since water is the most destructive force on earth.
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