Originally posted by TKainZero
Yea...
the city is situated in a bad place...
I cannot advise living in a place that is under sea level...
Forget that New Orleans has been people's home, for over 300 years, in all senses of the word. Forget the role that this city has played in the
development of a uniquely American culture.
Our Jazz, food, and joie de vivre move few in the chattering classes to tears.
Sixty percent of the petroleum used in the nation is refined from New Orleans to Baton Rouge. Port Fouchon, the largest offshore oil port in the
nation, was damaged by Katrina and Gustav, and its very existence impacts gas prices across the nation by some .20 to .30 cents per gallon.
The majority of American aquiculture occurs off the Louisiana coast. From fish to shellfish, if an American has a seafood dinner, chances are that it
emerged off the coasts of South Louisiana.
Not to mention that the docks all the Mississippi River from the Gulf of Mexico through New Orleans to Baton Rouge constitute the largest Port in the
World. Without these facilities and the vast population to operate them, the intermodal import and export of goods in North America would be crippled
to a dangerous economic degree.
Yea...
the city is situated in a bad place...
I cannot advise living in a place that is under sea level...
Then, call for Houston to move. It stands as low as New Orleans, and is, in fact, closer to the Gulf.
Parts of Manhattan have fallen into the sea, and some experts believe that flooding could become a regular occurrence in the Big Apple for years to
come. Then, move New York.
The levees failed in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, way above sea level. Maybe the farmers of the Midwest should also relocate?
Florida gets devastating Hurricanes more regularly than Louisiana. Maybe we should move Florida.
The low-lying ridge between Lake Pontchartrain and the Mississippi River may be the worst place in the world to put a city, but it is also the best.
Our founder, Jean Baptiste Le Moyne, Sieur de Bienville, knew that the conflux of the river and the Gulf would provide the economic linchpin for most
of North American.
People had chances to get out of the city.
They could have gone north into Mississippi
they could have moved west to Baton Rouge
You are repeating yourself, and yet, you still cannot give a way for this to occur. How do you "move" people who have no transportation of their
own? How would you evacuate New York City to say.... Albany?
If your life is on the line, im sure you would do something...
you still don't get it do you? No one really believed their life was on the line. By the time that reality became reality, it was too late. It was
ALMOST 24 HOURS AFTER THE STORM when the levees breached. No one had any reason to think they were in mortal danger until it was too late.
Also, you said there is public transport in NO, why couldn't that be used to get out of the city?
Because Orleans Parish transport only runs in Orleans Parish, then you have Jefferson Parish transport, which covers Metairie. No public
transportation goes over lake Pontchartrain or to Baton Rouge.
Baton Rouge is pretty close... im sure there HAD to be some sort of transportation to that city...
You are wrong, they did establish a bus that ran from Baton Rouge to New Orleans AFTER Katrina, but non existed prior to the storm.
What about getting on a plane like most people did...
or just driving..
Covered that above, try again...
Getting on a boat probaly wouldnt have been a good idea, but heading west to Texas on boat several days before would have been fine
yeah, all those residents that didn't have a car, had a boat at the curb. Do you even realize how ridiculous you are sounding here? A BOAT from New
Orleans to Texas? Sure, people sail through the gulf like that all the time... NOT
Rideing out a Hurricane is an experence that can only be had, not told.'
But you should be able to take care of yourself if you are going to do this...
You don't seen to want to accept that MOST of those who stayed
did provide for themselves, they had supplies in the house, but the house ended up flooded almost 24 hours AFTER they thought everything was okay
again
If waiting for Big Goverment to come save you is your first plan, then you have made a mistake...
Believe me, it was not anyone's
first plan, and for many it was not even their choice.
Rather then sitting around waiting for Goverment to save them....
Yep, all those people flooded out of their homes onto the roofs were
just sitting around waiting for the government to save them, yep, that was their plan, they all coordinated to suck off the teat of the system because
they KNEW they were gonna get flooded in almost a day after the storm passed. Yep, you figured them all out, didn't ya?
