Goodbye New Orleans?

[john9001]

Now if primitive tribes have figured this out.
Why cant these people?
And why dont the local building codes require it??

Florida building codes do. all new coastal building must be elevated, and existing buildings if damaged more that 50% of value must be rebuilt to new codes.  But you now have a nice covered parking space.

it is reported that 95% of the population of southern LA has left.

[Gunthr]

Will the black community in NO embarrass itself again?

Sit around complain, wait for someone to lift them off the porch and evacuate them, loot everything that doesn't float away, sit around and make demands about how everyone else is supposed to take care of them, then expect the US taxpayer to support them in hotels for the rest of their lives?

Or will they actually get up, evacuate, be responsible, not destroy trailers and hotel rooms, pick themselves up by their own bootstraps? - Dago

What is worse is the cynical accusations of racism by liberals regarding the inefficiency of Fema/Government, outright stating that blacks were allowed to suffer because "Republican admin were racist. There is no extremism like liberal extremism.  (same people who tried to criminalize our soldiers in Falujah and abu graib for political purposes)

[Angus]

New Orleans uninhabitable because of climate conditions after a couple of hundred yerars of settlement?
Why???

[john9001]

over development and poor planing

[Bronk]

New Orleans uninhabitable because of climate conditions after a couple of hundred yerars of settlement?
Why???

YEA that's it just like Pompeii.

[SD67]

But haven't we already proven in another thread that it's impossible for the sea levels to be rising?

[john9001]

the sea level is not rising, the land is sinking, too many big condo towers on the beachs.

[Dago]

But haven't we already proven in another thread that it's impossible for the sea levels to be rising?

The obvious shouldn't have to be stated, the overall sea level isn't rising, while the water level is going up in one area, it is going down in others.  The quantity of water will stay basically the same in the ocean.

[Jackal1]

Watched the news this morning as they were interviewing some of those who choose to stay and "ride it out".
A couple were the same ones that were interviewed as Katrina was approaching and had chose to stay.
One of the guys that was staying through this one had to be rescued after Katrina passed.
Granted this one is a Cat 3, but I think you can see where awards need to be presented.

[Stringer]

You guys must have loved paying for the Big Dig then.

[lasersailor184]

the sea level is not rising, the land is sinking, too many big condo towers on the beachs.

Not even that.  By damming the water up and away from the land, they were condemning the land to sink.  That particular piece of land ONLY stayed above water because the water deposited silt and sediment on it.

[DREDIOCK]

Not even that.  By damming the water up and away from the land, they were condemning the land to sink.  That particular piece of land ONLY stayed above water because the water deposited silt and sediment on it.

Nature always wins 

[lasersailor184]

I wouldn't say always.  Eventually is the better word choice for me.

[alskahawk]

 Mayor Nagen; Loot and you'll go strait to Angola and general population! They had a looter on bus today otw to Angola. Good job!