Dave writes...
to say nothing about the smarts of people who willingly live 6 feet below sea level in hurricaine alley. go ahead and tell me they had no choice. dave"
Precisely, Dave! They THEN act amazed that mother nature could do such a thing to THEM.
At least we have the media and meterology to warn us these days to be prepared to get out!
The 1900 hurricane that hit Galveston WAS a surprise. So I think the death toll RELATED
to (directly or INDIRECTLY) Katrina was like 5?
Galveston Hurricane of 1900--The deadliest natural disaster in United States History, this Category
Four Hurricane moved through Cuba into the Gulf of Mexico before slamming ashore in Galveston, Texas
on September 8, 1900 killing 6,000 people.
In a list of the most powerful hurricanes since 1900 ... Galveston is number 4 on
the list. It's been a tv documentary example many times.
They hardly knew what hit them since media and meterology was in its infancy
back then. 6000 people dead! We have seen little footage of Katrina since we don't like to watch the
media. While it certainly IS a devastating event (like all hurricanes) ... if people
choose to live where they do (in this case BELOW SEA LEVEL ... LOL) then
they must not ignore that mother nature raises her ugly head quite often
and the consequences they'll have to live with.
Dave lived practically right on top of the Gulf for ten yrs when he lived in Houston.
In that time, they had 2 hurricanes ... not even close to Katrina but not
without power outages and much more!
BUT Galveston (his area) will never forget the MAJOR hurricane that wiped out
everything there in 1900 and another in 1969. So that area is well overdue and Katrina
may be the latest despite hitting Louisianna (TX's next door state) instead.
In a list of the most powerful hurricanes since 1900 ... Galveston is number 4 on
the list. It's been a tv documentary example many times.
Floridians are aware of their choice of living ... right down to my sister in PA
living nearby a river now known to wreak havoc. In 1972 houses on her street
went down the river!
Calif is way overdue for an earthquake of catastrophic proportion and those
people choose to live there despite the biggest fault line being a deterrent.
I DID catch 2 minutes of the media as I was switching stations to the music
channel when reading. It showed the pipeline going clear up to the northeast
from New Orleans. BUT said IT would be resolved in a matter of days. There
is ABSOLUTELY NO EXCUSE to raise any prices on anything. Retailers do it
only because THEY CAN and no other reason!
Lori Michaelson
C4/5 complete quad, 25 years post
Tucson, AZ
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