They are culpable, if they continue their parents mistakes. Indeed they should have a better grasp of just how bad things are.
Last night on the news, they interviewed a family that elected to stay in their home, even though the water was almost to the top of their front porch and an evacuation had been declared. The family kept telling the reporter to tell the officials to turn on the pumps. In that case my sympathy is for the kids in that family that couldn't leave because the adults were trying for a Darwin award. I have to wonder how many companies would move to New Orleans, if people refused to move there. There are many places to work that don't have the combined problems of below sea level living and hurricanes. Wamsutter WY is paying oil riggers a starting salary of $50,000 a year ( and they want more ), but, it doesn't have the party atmosphere that New Orleans does , after all, the estimated population, in 2003, is less than 1000. Greg H. ----- Original Message ----- From: "TarynToo" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <Biofuel@sustainablelists.org> Sent: Wednesday, August 31, 2005 11:12 Subject: Re: [Biofuel] Katrina slams New Orleans. Is There Blame? SNIP > > 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.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/
