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karlrschneider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-01-05 12:33 AM Original message |
"Rebuild" NOLA? Not much easier than rebuilding Atlantis. |
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alphafemale (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-01-05 12:36 AM Response to Original message |
1. My thought was... |
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karlrschneider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-01-05 12:48 AM Response to Reply #1 |
2. Well, all the water has to eventually end up at sea level just like |
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alphafemale (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-01-05 01:14 AM Response to Reply #2 |
6. And first...they'd have to rebuild levees that are underwater. |
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Old and In the Way (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-01-05 12:57 AM Response to Original message |
3. Well, there was San Fransisco, 1906. |
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TahitiNut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-01-05 01:13 AM Response to Reply #3 |
5. San Fransisco isn't built on quicksand below sea level. |
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Old and In the Way (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-01-05 01:21 AM Response to Reply #5 |
11. There's going to be lots of fill available now, though.... |
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blitzen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-01-05 01:06 AM Response to Original message |
4. I disagree.... |
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Mr_Spock (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-01-05 01:16 AM Response to Reply #4 |
7. True - do they get hurricanes in Netherlands or Venice? |
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alphafemale (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-01-05 01:17 AM Response to Reply #4 |
8. This ain't the Netherlands. Obviously. nt |
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blitzen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-01-05 01:27 AM Response to Reply #8 |
14. "It's happened before and it'll happen again".... |
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karlrschneider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-01-05 01:33 AM Response to Reply #14 |
17. And your engineering degree tells you that? |
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blitzen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-01-05 01:44 AM Response to Reply #17 |
21. "rebuilding" will be the problem for the Mississippi coast... |
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karlrschneider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-01-05 02:07 AM Response to Reply #21 |
35. Well, if it's "comable" in a year, I will and I'll buy you as many Hurri- |
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blitzen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-01-05 02:13 AM Response to Reply #35 |
37. I 'd rather not drink for a solid month... |
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karlrschneider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-01-05 02:25 AM Response to Reply #37 |
39. LOL...okay you are on! |
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blitzen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-01-05 02:29 AM Response to Reply #39 |
42. we have ourselves a bet! |
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karlrschneider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-01-05 02:41 AM Response to Reply #42 |
45. Well, for the record, it's a bet I wouldn't mind losing. |
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karlrschneider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-01-05 01:30 AM Response to Reply #4 |
15. You aren't really disagreeing, you are proposing a retroactive "what if" |
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TahitiNut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-01-05 01:19 AM Response to Original message |
9. It's not just the futility of building on quicksand below sea level ... |
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karlrschneider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-01-05 01:35 AM Response to Reply #9 |
18. Yes, I assuredly should have mentioned that also, sir. Thank you. |
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Liberal In Texas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-01-05 01:37 AM Response to Reply #9 |
19. Woo Hoo...Let's just write it off? |
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Ediacara (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-01-05 01:53 AM Response to Reply #19 |
24. There is nothing in NO that is a basis for construction |
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Swamp Rat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-01-05 01:58 AM Response to Reply #24 |
28. What the HELL is your problem DinoBoy??? |
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Mr_Spock (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-01-05 01:19 AM Response to Original message |
10. I like the way they rebuilt Atlantis |
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madrchsod (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-01-05 01:22 AM Response to Original message |
12. that is what will probably happen |
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LincolnMcGrath (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-01-05 01:27 AM Response to Original message |
13. Lets just abandon the midwest while we are at it. |
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karlrschneider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-01-05 01:46 AM Response to Reply #13 |
22. I have no idea what you are talking about. Your town is...20,000? |
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LincolnMcGrath (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-01-05 02:02 AM Response to Reply #22 |
32. And Chicago is like what 4 million? |
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karlrschneider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-01-05 02:22 AM Response to Reply #32 |
38. Well, I admit you have a couple of points which is probably a good time |
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blitzen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-01-05 02:27 AM Response to Reply #38 |
40. don't forget that NO is a huge port city... |
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LincolnMcGrath (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-01-05 02:29 AM Response to Reply #38 |
41. I bet this place really got your cork-a-poppin, no? |
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karlrschneider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-01-05 02:44 AM Response to Reply #41 |
46. Know it well. :D |
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senaca (173 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-01-05 02:37 AM Response to Reply #32 |
44. In the spirit of Chicago ingenuity, why not rebuild NO with newest tech. |
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Liberal In Texas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-01-05 01:30 AM Response to Original message |
16. Stop it. It'll come back.. Mark my words. |
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karlrschneider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-01-05 01:38 AM Response to Reply #16 |
20. Well, the problem for your interesting little scenario is that none |
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LincolnMcGrath (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-01-05 01:48 AM Response to Reply #20 |
23. The overwhelming majority of the damage is water damage. |
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Liberal In Texas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-01-05 01:56 AM Response to Reply #23 |
27. I'll bet you Mardi Gras happens in the spring! |
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Swamp Rat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-01-05 02:00 AM Response to Reply #27 |
31. Damn straight! ... and YOU are invited!... as well as those on this thead |
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karlrschneider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-01-05 02:05 AM Response to Reply #23 |
34. Yes, it is. And flood water damage after a few days is essentially fatal |
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LincolnMcGrath (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-01-05 02:09 AM Response to Reply #34 |
36. Do you watch the tv at all? |
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Pallas180 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-01-05 01:55 AM Response to Reply #20 |
26. 2 words - "black mold" in humid hot environment..+ toxic sludge - |
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Liberal In Texas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-01-05 01:58 AM Response to Reply #26 |
29. That's funny, because that's what people in NO live with all the time |
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Swamp Rat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-01-05 01:54 AM Response to Original message |
25. My first reaction was to call you lots of bad names but... |
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karlrschneider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-01-05 02:00 AM Response to Reply #25 |
30. I am sorry that I offended you, Swamp Rat, I meant NO insult! I LOVE |
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Swamp Rat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-01-05 02:04 AM Response to Reply #30 |
33. OK |
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Speck Tater (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-01-05 02:34 AM Response to Original message |
43. FWIW: I heard from an Army Corps of Engineers guy... |
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karlrschneider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-01-05 02:52 AM Response to Reply #43 |
47. It could very well take 6 months to repair the (now THREE) broken levees |
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