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08-30-2005, 04:28 PM
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Re: Wait, turns out New Orleans is screwed after all
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doesn't she lose a ton of money on the house that got destroyed and she couldn't sell? Or is it covered in insurance? [/ QUOTE ] If she had insurance, i'm sure she'll just take the payout and apply it to a new place in Vegas. -d 
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08-30-2005, 04:36 PM
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Re: Wait, turns out New Orleans is screwed after all
Welcome to the dirty dirty south. New Orleans is totally screwed. The city got lucky that the hurricane went 30 miles east of the city. If it hit the city head on, many more buildings would be destroyed.
Now the water has broken the Levy off Lake Pontchartrain (they said the gap was 2 blocks long). Take all the rainfall from all across SE Louisiana and all that fell in Mississippi. So basically from Nachez, MS southward. Now think of all the creeks, small rivers, etc that flow into the Mississippi river. All that basically heads down to the Lake. There is a huge swamp west of Baton Rouge called the Achafalya river. If you drive on I-10, you drive across this straight bridge around 12 miles long. Its just a giant swamp (it was somewhat designed to contain overflow from any part of the Mississippi river). Now they can redirect some of the flood water off the Mississippi river, but most of it will fall into Lake Pontchartrain. So you got New Orleans between the Lake and the Mississippi river. So all that lake water is flowing into the neighborhoods. A majority of those homes are 20+ years old and made of wood. Oh yeah, they mentioned on the news a majority of bridges/causeways on the major highways are non passable due to shifting of the roads. This clean up will take forever.
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#53
08-30-2005, 04:51 PM
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Re: Wait, turns out New Orleans is screwed after all
My in-laws live in Metarie up by the lake and they all got out of Dodge the other day.
Footage that I saw today showed that it was flooded around the Clearview mall and along Veterans Blvd. It also seemed to be flooded up towards the E Jefferson Hospital. So it's not looking good. My in-laws are not planning on heading back for another week.
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08-30-2005, 05:31 PM
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Total evacuation of new orleans was just ordered, their gonna have fun moving all those people in the superdome. [/ QUOTE ] Where is Noah when you need him?
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08-30-2005, 06:00 PM
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In the back of my mind, I am thinking NO is done for, like forever.
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#59
08-30-2005, 06:01 PM
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Re: Wait, turns out New Orleans is screwed after all
Disaster journalism is far better now that blogs have brought us first-person perspectives in addition to large-scale coverage.
One blog worth visiting: http://dancingwithkatrina.blogspot.com/
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08-30-2005, 06:05 PM
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I dont think building codes exist that can withstand a cat 5 hurricane. And if you build the entire area out of houses that theoretically could nobody could afford them. Its a question of money, they know its dangerous to live there. [/ QUOTE ] I think the worst case/most glaring example of human stupidity is in the SF delta. people have been moving out there for years as housing prices have risen in the area. Thing is, they move out there so they can live in new 6/4 houses on large lots. then, as the levees break in the winter during the storms (once every two years, at least), they're on the news complaining about their bad luck. well, how about buying a little less house and making it above sea level?
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