Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/01/27
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]In a message dated 1/27/2006 9:51:40 A.M. Central Standard Time, bruce@ralgo.nl writes: Building a city, no matter how lovely and full of romantic history, > in a > geographically unsound place, is an invitation for calamity. You are correct that it will not be the same, but it will come back. You are absolutely wrong in your theory. You obviously have no idea of the situation. We must rebuild New Orleans, the question is how. This port alone is the way the world is fed, and America supplied. Steel, grain, containers all pour through it. I won't bore you with numbers, but it is the world's busiest port. Go here for numbers: _http://www.portno.com/facts.htm_ (http://www.portno.com/facts.htm) There is no elsewhere to build. The civil fabric will not follow, because the infrastructure built up since 1716 is already there. A lot was lost, lives, homes; I am bitter because it did not have to be. A fat cat levee board that never talked about levees, only marinas, airports and fountains got us into this mess. An arrogant Texan made it worse, and a ignorant horse-breeder let it happen despite plenty of warning. You are dead wrong, Norm, there are plenty to share the blame. Bruce, you live in the Netherlands. You must know that Norm's remarks are not girded with truth; while lofty sounding, they ring hollow and unstudied to me. We could have, should have done things the way your country did. Don't pat us on the hand and tell us that it is important that we take pictures, that taking pictures will make it all better. Regards, Sonny http://www.sonc.com Natchitoches, Louisiana Oldest continuous settlement in La Louisiane ?galit?, libert?, crawfish