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I sincerely hope those people living on the Gulf coast have learned their lesson from Hurricane Katrina.

You simply cannot rely on the gov't to come save your butt. You must be 'pro-active' in securing your own safety.

I think they have learned their lesson - people have been boarding buses and trains all day. It appears to be organized and relatively smooth this time around. Gustav arriving at the third anniversary of Katrina's landfall must be playing some serious headgames with these people.

At least the local officials provided buses this time.

Im hoping for total destruction this time.

Me too! What a stupid place to build a city.

Meh - we live on a planet with changing weather, climate, tectonics etc.

Every place has it's risks. The Netherlands is mostly below sea level. If they can build and maintain dykes to protect their land, so can we. The problem in NO has been corrupt and ineffectual government. They appear to be doing a better job this time.

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Some places are much more risky than others. It's not a question of whether it can be done, it's whether it should be done. The expense to rebuild NO wasn't justified after Katrina, IMO.

Like SF/Oakland.


Lets Examine the fate of Galveston, 1900, which was a Thriving Metroplois before a Hurricane removed it from the map, and people decided to MOVE INLAND, to Houston.

Why can this not be done today? Why must we wait until MULTIPLE natural disasters strike the SAME PLACE, again and again, Within the same Generation?

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Ever notice how they don't put up stop lights at intersections until a few people die. There are places in the world that simply need a fucking stop light.

New Orleans is a major port city, which is important to the national economy.

It's rather difficult to move a port inland.

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