The blame belongs to A Baldwin Wood and all the civic, state, federal agencies who came later. New Orleans was doomed because it should never have existed in the first place. It is a "bathtub".
I'd hate to say this now but- there is no one to blame except the victims themselves. We live in the US and those people choose to live there with all the risk involved.
I imagine it's the only place a lot of the citizens who remained behind have only known. And I further suppose the less affluent simply might not have the means to pack up 'n go. Or for that matter, anywhere /to/ go to.
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Personally , I wouldn't live in those areas if you paid me! People risk their lives just for a little nice weather (one of the biggest reasons). Well, how was the weather this weekend in the gulf states? I live in the good old state of Ny where taxes will kill you, but the weather will not.
Where did you live before you chose to live where you do now?
cheers, Tom
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Anyone can relocate if they want to. Look at the immigrants who cross the borders every day! ( and that is illegally). I lived here all my life and I wouldn't move either. The weather here isn't perfect ,but we do get the 4 seasons. People complain about the winters, but I love the snow and cold. I also like the warm summers. But you can bet your ass if I had winds of 150 mph, flooding, etc. coming at me all the time , I would do everything I could to leave to a more secure area. I wouldn't put my kids or my own life at risk.
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The blame belongs to A Baldwin Wood and all the civic, state, federal agencies who came later. New Orleans was doomed because it should
never
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have existed in the first place. It is a "bathtub".
I'd hate to say this now but- there is no one to blame except the
victims
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themselves. We live in the US and those people choose to live there with
all
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the risk involved.
I imagine it's the only place a lot of the citizens who remained behind have only known. And I further suppose the less affluent simply might not have the means to pack up 'n go. Or for that matter, anywhere /to/ go to.
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Personally , I wouldn't live in those areas if you paid me! People risk their lives just for a little nice weather (one of the biggest reasons). Well, how was the weather this weekend in the gulf
states?
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I live in the good old state of Ny where taxes will kill you, but the weather will not.
Where did you live before you chose to live where you do now?
cheers, Tom
-- -- Nothing is safe from me. Above address is just a spam midden. I'm really at: tkeats [curlicue] vcn [point] bc [point] ca
