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To: tejek who wrote (248232)8/31/2005 1:21:53 AM
From: Jim McMannis  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 1574061
 
Why not just put N.O. out of business for good? An oil terminal at best. Rebuild it for the next storm? I don't think so.



To: tejek who wrote (248232)8/31/2005 7:02:58 AM
From: steve harris  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 1574061
 
"Riverboat gambling"

jobmonkey.com

Seems how it was started to get it past the moral majority in my best guess.

We go down every year to play golf during the day and the casinos at night in Gulfport. Cheap rooms, good food cheap, decent golf. Not anymore for a while....

Anyway, when you walk into a casino, the "gangplank" to walk in has water under it and around the casino. I had always heard they could be disconnected and towed away from an approaching hurricane. Guess not...



To: tejek who wrote (248232)8/31/2005 5:20:04 PM
From: RetiredNow  Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 1574061
 
I think it had to do with Mississippi state law, not allowing casinos on state land. So they skirted the issue by building them on water.