They do, but, from my understanding, most of the low laying areas are rural.
I don't know of any hurricanes that have hit the Netherlands as well, Louisiana has a ongoing history of them. Greg H. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Manzo, Emil" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <Biofuel@sustainablelists.org> Sent: Wednesday, August 31, 2005 11:41 Subject: Re: [Biofuel] Katrina slams New Orleans. Is There Blame? > I think they live below sea-level in the Netherlands too? People have to > live somewhere. We do the best we can with the tools we have. OK, back > to finding energy.... > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of TarynToo > Sent: Wednesday, August 31, 2005 1:12 PM > To: Biofuel@sustainablelists.org > Subject: Re: [Biofuel] Katrina slams New Orleans. Is There Blame? > > Hi, Juan and Greg > > > On Aug 31, 2005, at 10:18 AM, Juan Gutierrez wrote: > > > People, were there first and form there own local governments before > > the feds showed up. > > besides aren't people ultimately responsible for themselves or do you > > want the feds or corporate bigwigs telling you where you should live. > > I live in South Florida also where is this High(ish) ground you speak > > of its all swamps west of Miami. > > > > And Greg wrote: > > > I'll disagree with one point, that the government was responsible for > > all > > the problems. > > > > I believe it's the folks of New Orleans, that started the canals and > > drainage ditches ( and allowed the city exist to the point that it > > became an > > important enough port to cause congress to pass the various act's and > > laws > > that accelerated city's sinking to it's present level ), should carry > > the > > larger burden of guilt. > > I'm sorry if you thought I was speaking only of the feds. When I said > governments did this or that, I was speaking of all levels of > government, including the first settlers of Louisiana, who started > public works to drain and protect the city. > > Once a family has lived in the same vulnerable place for a few > generations, are the grandkids culpable for the parents mistakes? If a > family moves to Louisiana because that's where they can make a decent > living and try to improve their circumstances, they're trapped in > Hobson's choice, > <http://dictionary.reference.com/wordoftheday/archive/2003/12/23.html>, > can we so blithely say "aren't people ultimately responsible for > themselves?" > > Regarding high ground in SE Florida, The ridge line (such as it is) > that the Florida East Coast Railroad runs along is generally the > highest ground south of Orlando. I'm about a kilometer west of it, > about 3 meters above sea level. The major factors that led me to this > house were: high ground, sturdy construction, good shutters, and fairly > good schools. (All Florida schools are sub-par, but these were better > than most.) Our neighborhood seldom has standing water even in the > heaviest rains, but only another km west of here, the drained swamp > often floods. > > Bright Blessings on all, and especially to those facing a terrifying > future in the gulf states, > > Taryn > ornae.com > > P.S. Kim, Love your Sig. Just wanted to borrow it once. > > > _______________________________________________ > Biofuel mailing list > Biofuel@sustainablelists.org > http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel_sustainablelists.or > g > > Biofuel at Journey to Forever: > http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html > > Search the combined Biofuel and Biofuels-biz list archives (50,000 > messages): > http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/ > > > _______________________________________________ > Biofuel mailing list > Biofuel@sustainablelists.org > http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel_sustainablelists.org > > Biofuel at Journey to Forever: > http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html > > Search the combined Biofuel and Biofuels-biz list archives (50,000 messages): > http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/ > > _______________________________________________ Biofuel mailing list Biofuel@sustainablelists.org http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel_sustainablelists.org Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Search the combined Biofuel and Biofuels-biz list archives (50,000 messages): http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/
