I assume you are familiar with the Parish structure in Louisiansa, and are aware of the boundaries, population, and demographics of Placquemines Parish.
If not, read up a bit. If so, then I am not quite sure what to say, as many of your arguments seem disingenous. When was the last time a body was found in Plaquemines? I agree that we should clean up after the disaster. I am thinking we probably shouldn't rebuild. Not rebuilding after a natural disaster (that is GUARANTEED to happen again) is a smart decision. Deciding not to provide federal flood insurance is also a smart move. If people can get insurance from private firms, then go for it. If the levees can be rebuilt by private funding, or by local moneys, then, of course, rebuild. If not, then we should use that money for better things. Like rebuilding New Orleans. Rebuilding a levee system, and continuing with the destruction of the delta and trying to hold back nature may not be worth it. Those flood plains could actually USE the flooding. My understanding is that there are no major ports in Placquemines. There is oil refining, but that should not be majorly affected by flooding (if built correctly). And giving the oil companies more money to pad their pockets also rubs me the wrong way. Remember that we are not talking about flooding from the sea, but from seasonal flooding of the Mississippi. Is the federal government paying for the rebuilding of "ground zero"? I didn't think so. I thought that was a privately funded project. As for the tax base, how about this. I will take the federal taxes from lower NYC for the month, and you take the federal taxes from Placquemines Parish for the month, and we'll see what the difference is. On 4/10/06, Maureen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 4/9/06, Jerry Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > First, there is a HUGE difference between the two. > > > > And tons of people DO live there (within 5 blocks and close enough to > > be affected daily by the site). An order of magnitude more than in > > Plaquemines Parish. > > > > It could not be left as is. Something had to be done with it. > > The bodies alone were reason for the cleanup, for funery reasons, > > health reasons and forensic reasons. > There are bodies still being found in the aftermath of Katrina, with > much greater health risk than the ones that were burned at the WTC. > > > Cleaning up after the terrorism was important for the national psyche. > And not cleaning up after a natural disaster of this magnitude sends > what message? > > > The cleanup was needed to restore the operation of the subway system > > and the docks (without which much of NYC would have been damaged) > > And the ports on the Gulf Coast don't matter, right? > > > It is unlikely that it will happen again there. > > If they rebuild it, it will be a prime target for terror, to take it > down again would be a huge accomplishment for the terrorists, and a > direct slap in the face of the US. > > Terrorists attacks on World Trade Center = 2 > Hurricanes that destroyed Plaquemines Parish = 1 > > > > The NYC rebuild affected literally millions of people. Plaquemines has > > about 25,000 people who will be affected. > > Your assumption that the rebuilding would only impact the people who > lived there is a direct contradiction to your assumption that the WTC > cleanup impact went beyond the people who live there (or even close to > there). So which is it? > > > There is no ongoing government cost for the cleanup (whereas flood > > insurance would be a continuing budget issue) > > Bull Hockey. If the levees are correctly rebuilt, instead of being a > jury-rigged mess, flood insurance would be no more of an issue than > insuring New York skyscrapers against terrorists. > > > > > But, for me, the main reason is: The tax base supported such an > > expendature in NYC, and doesn't in Placquemines. > > You don't remember the bailout of New York City, do you? > > > > > On 4/10/06, Maureen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > They spent over 3 billion dollars to clean up the World Trade Center > > > site, and no one lives there. > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:203494 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
