Re: [QUAD-L] Disaster alert!

[Ol' Man River]

Galvaston was an island at that time - the city is now located on the mainland - they learned something about where not to live.  Now it looks like time to bulldose all the land currently under water and vow not to build another city under the sea again.   There is pleanty of land up river and expanding outward from the current area under water.  Will we build another human trap and wait for mother nature to spring it again?  We'll see.  (I won't be moving there for sure.)

Dave

Lori Michaelson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

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

Dave - C3,  1967, Phoenix AZ

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