Re: Katrina on PBS

Posted by john in la on July 19, 2007 at 06:38:34 from (67.35.255.22):

In Reply to: Re: Katrina on PBS posted by Bret4207 on July 18, 2007 at 06:20:19:

Thanks Bret for your kind words.

Let me assure you that most people down here (La. and Miss) do not need or want your $$. We just want to be treated fairly and given what we have bought and paid for. If I buy insurance and you are willing to take my money for years; then when something happens I want a settlement; not some excuses about that is not covered.

We know our risk just like people in Fla. and you and your 60" of snow. We choose to take them because this is where we were born and raised.

The problem is we have Many Many porch sitters that live on hand outs and they have been draging this area down for years. They still feel we owe them something from years ago. Look at what happened to Houston's crime rate just after the storm when they were relocated. These people have also found their way into our goverment so it is a total mess.

While I am NOT a tree hugger at all; I feel the Corps has messed this one up big time. The lake that broke threw the levee during the storm is only 12 ft deep. If the Corps were to divert the Mississippi river into it the sedament would fill it in a year or two; and their would be no need to worry about a flood from that area again. Our area is going down hill big time from putting levees on the Mississippi. Our swamp plants and trees are dieing from salt water intrusion which allows for land errosion. We love our area but sooner or later people are going to get tired of throwing millions of dollars at a fix to try and fight nature.

Like I said before; If people knew the true facts; were willing to face them as fact; quit worring about the few that want to save a paticular water way or lake; and let nature rule we would be a lot better off. We could still have our city below sea level because of the new buffer zone that would be built. Heck death valley is below sea level!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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