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hedgetrimmer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-05-06 11:48 PM Original message |
Half a dozen large storms out to sea, and New Orleans is already sinking |
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Keseys Ghost (649 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-05-06 11:57 PM Response to Original message |
1. On a related note... |
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aquart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-06-06 02:10 AM Response to Reply #1 |
2. I'd wear that. |
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rodeodance (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-06-06 05:08 AM Response to Reply #1 |
3. Grand idea--just think of what could be done with the billions! |
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jerry611 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-06-06 05:16 AM Response to Original message |
4. Nothing we do can stop mother nature |
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Jacobin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-06-06 06:58 AM Response to Reply #4 |
6. Tell that to Holland |
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Ian David (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-06-06 07:06 AM Response to Reply #6 |
8. That's why they make their shoes out of wood. So they can float. n/t |
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Lochloosa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-06-06 07:19 AM Response to Reply #8 |
9. ... |
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Ian David (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-06-06 07:22 AM Response to Reply #9 |
10. Don't laugh. Wooden shoes is the new Homeland Security policy for NOLA |
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jerry611 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-06-06 07:37 AM Response to Reply #6 |
11. Sorry, but you are being very ignorant.... |
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Jacobin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-06-06 09:57 AM Response to Reply #11 |
12. Not a nice way to play |
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Javaman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-06-06 11:00 AM Response to Reply #12 |
18. That was possibly the most polite smack down I have ever read. :) nt |
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Bacchus39 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-06-06 11:00 AM Response to Reply #12 |
19. levees or dikes won't stop the rain from a hurricane |
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Jacobin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-06-06 03:10 PM Response to Reply #19 |
38. No. Its not that simple |
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Bacchus39 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-06-06 04:15 PM Response to Reply #38 |
46. no reason to give the finger to mother nature either |
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Jacobin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-06-06 08:33 PM Response to Reply #46 |
47. Gee. Sorry to hear about San Francisco |
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GoddessOfGuinness (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-06-06 02:02 PM Response to Reply #12 |
33. I'm reading an interesting book on this subject... |
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Jacobin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-06-06 03:07 PM Response to Reply #33 |
37. I read that book and its excellent |
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MGKrebs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-06-06 10:56 AM Response to Reply #11 |
17. I am curious as to how that would work? |
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Igel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-06-06 11:17 AM Response to Reply #17 |
21. That's precisely what was done back in the '80s and '90s |
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Lindacooks (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-06-06 12:12 PM Response to Reply #11 |
25. Haven't you seen pictures comparing Holland's dike system to |
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demo dutch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-06-06 03:43 PM Response to Reply #11 |
40. Nonsense Katrina was a Cat 3 at landfall! Holland had the biggest flood |
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barb162 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-06-06 12:15 PM Response to Reply #6 |
26. Interesting comment |
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dipsydoodle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-07-06 04:11 AM Response to Reply #6 |
48. You didn't pick a very good example |
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Bridget Burke (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-06-06 10:04 AM Response to Reply #4 |
13. The storm didn't destroy those houses.... |
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mike923 (325 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-06-06 11:28 AM Response to Reply #4 |
22. It's still fun and politically savy to blame it on Bush* |
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coalition_unwilling (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-06-06 11:31 AM Response to Reply #4 |
23. From what I understand, the sinkage is caused in part by U.S. Army Corps |
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AnOhioan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-06-06 01:05 PM Response to Reply #23 |
28. You are correct |
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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-06-06 02:58 PM Response to Reply #4 |
34. which "we" are bing "forced to pay for" rebuilding homes there? |
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Bridget Burke (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-06-06 03:58 PM Response to Reply #34 |
41. I'd rather pay for rebuilding houses in NOLA.... |
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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-06-06 03:59 PM Response to Reply #41 |
42. me too. |
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demo dutch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-06-06 04:03 PM Response to Reply #41 |
44. I second that! |
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Ian David (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-06-06 06:50 AM Response to Original message |
5. Don't worry, New Orleans! The Republicans are saving Marriage for ya! |
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paparush (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-06-06 06:59 AM Response to Reply #5 |
7. IanDB1 - That's Great F#cking Post!! |
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donsu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-06-06 10:19 AM Response to Reply #5 |
14. a perfect post - thank you |
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noonwitch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-06-06 11:03 AM Response to Reply #5 |
20. That is so well-done! |
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wordpix2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-06-06 12:04 PM Response to Reply #5 |
24. booshie sounded hollow re: gay marriage yesterday. Could it be because |
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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-06-06 03:04 PM Response to Reply #5 |
35. Excellent post. If we could recommend 1 post in a topic, this is it. |
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0007 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-07-06 07:52 AM Response to Reply #5 |
49. Excellent! |
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Ragin_mad (116 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-06-06 10:34 AM Response to Original message |
15. Half a dozen large storms out to sea |
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Bridget Burke (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-06-06 04:06 PM Response to Reply #15 |
45. There are NO large storms out to sea. |
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zann725 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-06-06 10:35 AM Response to Original message |
16. Aren't there ways to "seed" clouds...to re-direct storms via magnetic tech |
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Lisa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-06-06 01:07 PM Response to Reply #16 |
29. if that were possible, would you trust THIS lot with the technology? |
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donsu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-06-06 01:11 PM Response to Reply #29 |
30. "this lot" already has the tech in their hands and have been using it |
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SidDithers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-06-06 01:16 PM Response to Reply #16 |
31. The energy associated with large storms... |
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barb162 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-06-06 12:17 PM Response to Original message |
27. NOLA was built in a big swamp |
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lovuian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-06-06 01:22 PM Response to Original message |
32. New Orleans has been reclaimed by the sea its time to |
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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-06-06 03:05 PM Response to Reply #32 |
36. What about anyone living oceanfront anywhere? |
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Bridget Burke (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-06-06 03:20 PM Response to Reply #36 |
39. Or near a faultline.... |
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demo dutch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-06-06 03:59 PM Response to Reply #36 |
43. You'll need to vacate the entire East coast incl. the State of Florida |
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