Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/08/29
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Aside from the color of folk's skin, is it true that in many or most cities, the historically nice neighborhoods for the well heeled are on higher ground? This is true in Baltimore and Wash, DC. (lower G'town my be an exception), I was led to believe that this started way back in an attempt to avoid mosquito and other insect born illnesses. BTW, I like your final analysis of the problem. IMHO, it's very hard to be prepared for low probability, theoretically worst case scenarios - and not just hurricanes. If we were so prepared and ever vigilant against all such possibilities, we'd probably all go crazy. Scott Jeffery Smith wrote: >... that the blacks live in trailers >while the whites live in houses. I would hazard a guess that there are far >more whites than blacks in FEMA trailers down here. > >[snip] >Jeffery Smith >New Orleans, LA >http://www.400tx.com >http://400tx.blogspot.com/ > > > > > -- Pics @ http://www.adrenaline.com/snaps Leica M6TTL, Bessa R, Nikon FM3a, Nikon D70, Rollei AFM35 (Jihad Sigint NSA FBI Patriot Act)