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To: combjelly who wrote (247931)	8/28/2005 6:28:28 PM
From: tejek	Respond to of 1573377

Galveston was the second largest port in the country, just behind New York City. Per capita, it was the richest city in the nation, else it wouldn't have been able to afford to rebuild. It never recovered. NO will recover but the downward cycle its experienced for the past two decades will accelerate. It lost out to Houston and Atlanta long ago and things have not been good economically ever since. After Katrina, I suspect its port facilities will be disbursed all along the Gulf coast. It will be less of a commercial center and more of a tourist destination. It was headed that way anyways......now it will move in that direction faster. ted

To: combjelly who wrote (247931)	8/28/2005 6:34:25 PM
From: tejek	Respond to of 1573377

Apropo........National Geo. has devoted its entire magazine this month to Africa. Its an incredible story. I didn't know homo sapiens made their first appearance in Africa 200K years ago. What the hell were they doing from then until 6K years ago?. It took them that long to start recording history? Yikes. We are not the fast learners I thought we were. In the meantime, the article has made me see why Africa is so important to the world. When you stop and look at it, its really a very strange continent with a kind of fauna/flora diversity that exists nowhere else on the planet. When I was a kid I was intrigued with other countries and particularly those in Africa. In 8th grade, I determined that there were 4 countries that will determine sub Sahara Africa's future.......Nigeria, Kenya, the Congo and S. Africa. And looking at a map of Africa now I think I was right. ted