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Politics : View from the Center and Left -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: carranza2 who wrote (11589)	2/12/2006 3:17:57 PM
From: Ilaine	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 541219

I said "almost zero" which is, of course, hyperbole. Sure, there has been money approved, and some planning, but if there's been serious planning or construction it doesn't get reported in the news -- by which I mean Fox, CNN, NYTimes, WashPost, Times Picayune, Baton Rouge Advocate, NOLA.com, Gambit . . . . I gather that you live in Jefferson Parish, which, in my opinion, doesn't really count when talking about Katrina or Rita. People I know in Jefferson reported to me that there was some flooding from the lake, but nothing like New Orleans East, Lower 9th, St. Bernard, Plaquemines, etc., not to mention Slidell, Waveland, Bay St. Louis, Biloxi, Gulfport, Pascagoula, etc. Last time I visited I was pleased to buy navel oranges from Braithwaite and Belle Chasse (one of my favorite thing in the world is navel oranges from Plaquemines) -- which only goes to show that it's all a matter of elevation. But the son of the harbor master at Port Eads is still missing -- they found his father's body a couple hundred feet from the boat they were sheltering in -- I expect he will never be found. Look at a topo map and you can see why. What's going to be done about the people in the low-lying areas? I have zero idea, and I try not to let it worry me. I used to think I might move back but I'd rather have blizzards than hurricanes. I do genealogy for a hobby. One thing I have noticed -- the more prosperous branches of the family moved away from Hurricane Alley. The cause-and-effect is simple -- how rich can you get when you get totally wiped out every decade or two? My aunts and uncles and cousins have nothing left from the old days -- but I do. They've lost all their paintings, photographs, memorabilia, books, records, heirlooms, jewelry. Me, I have stuff like that going back generations. The Baton Rouge people all do. The Biloxi people got wiped out repeatedly by Katrina, Camille, Agnes, and the ones with no names. The Bayou le Batre people don't even have gravestones left. There's a lesson in it. Carpe diem is one thing. But building your house on sand and mud is a bad idea.