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Last night on Fox, a broadcaster was preening himself because "we had said that the winds in New Orleans wouldn't be nearly as high as people on other networks predicted, and we were right."
Idiot.
Aside from the fact that NOLA was spared a direct hit, the threat from Katrina to the city was never really the high winds, although those were dangerous. It was the storm surge overwhelming the city's levee system and massive flooding taking place that had people really worried. Which, considering that some reports have as much as 80% of the city under water to some level (although not the French Quarter, which is good news for drunken frat boys everywhere), I'd say they were right.
Idiot.
Aside from the fact that NOLA was spared a direct hit, the threat from Katrina to the city was never really the high winds, although those were dangerous. It was the storm surge overwhelming the city's levee system and massive flooding taking place that had people really worried. Which, considering that some reports have as much as 80% of the city under water to some level (although not the French Quarter, which is good news for drunken frat boys everywhere), I'd say they were right.
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Folks who don't know hurricanes assume that once the storm is gone, things get better. They don't. Esp. when you need water pumps in order for water to recede.
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It's a smaller thing than the other heallth hazards such as water contamination and sewage floating around, but people returning to their homes after Betsy and Camille reported moccasins and gators in their houses.
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And finally got through to my mom (I got her hotel phone number from my aunt). They are going to talk to realtors in Baton Rouge, about renting an apartment or house there, since it may be a month before they can go home. I feel like my folks are fortunate to be able to do that, to buy prescription drugs without their insurance, etc. The damage and devastation just is beyond belief.
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I wonder what happens after one of these newer-built places is totalled. Do people rebuild? Does anyone say "maybe we'd better give this area back to nature"? Or a different part? Or what?