The Big Easy
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I wish I had unlimited super powers, unlimited money, unlimited everything...to prevent all natural disasters...I don't know what to say.
...makes me ashamed to think I worry about so many petty things in my life.
...makes me ashamed to think I worry about so many petty things in my life.
It's a bad deal what's going on down there. The question I have is could it been avoided? I thought I heard that several pumps failed. How many people knew they would before this even hit? How about the retaining walls? Who overlooked those small cracks? The people living down there had to know this might happen one day. They basically live in a hole between two lakes, below sea level. Does anybody remember what happen to Galveston in the early 1900's? Basically they same thing, they learned from the mistake, and the rest of the coast should have learned from their mistake. My friends this will happen again somewhere and it will probably be alot worse.
What miserable, miserable conditions down there. In addition to others I feel for the people in the Superdome. The toilets stopped flushing WHEN? I have little doubt that people are becoming ill from that...and what terrible conditions to be sick in.
Not fun at all.
Not fun at all.
Now the refugees are getting bussed to Houston's Astrodome with A/C, electricity, etc. I'm sure a couple percent are cringing "Not another dome"
Someone should airlift these guys the best concessions: sausage sandwiches, pizzas... maybe dominos could let you buy a refugee a pizza from 1000s of miles away?
Some football heroes could take time off from training, too, and tussle with the kids... they've got a field, and the people have the time.
Someone should airlift these guys the best concessions: sausage sandwiches, pizzas... maybe dominos could let you buy a refugee a pizza from 1000s of miles away?
Some football heroes could take time off from training, too, and tussle with the kids... they've got a field, and the people have the time.
Just a bit of speculation here, but the levees would have held if their foundations (dry sides) didn't become soaked. Once they became soaked, they became unstable slopes, and anyone with a background in slope stability engineering will tell you that slope failure is very likely.
Needless to say, when you build a city on a reclaimed swamp, below sea level, on material that is essentially sedimentary sands, it is entirely inevitable that something bad will happen. I hope for the sake of the lives of millions, that NO isn't rebuilt to its former condition.
Those are a couple of the BEST ideas that I have heard in a long while! I would jump at the opportunity to sponsor a few pizzas, ribs or whatever!
Look for a repeat of this catastrophe when it’s Houston’s turn. Like New Orleans, the politicians keep saying they will fix the problems soon. Soon turns out to be never. There is always more “visible” ways to spend the money. In New Orleans, it was the pump problems (they need to be on the TOP of the levees) and the deteriorating levees (some built before most of the current residents were born). In Houston, it is the too small and inadequate drainage ditches. Just like New Orleans, dump 2 feet of rain on Houston, and it will take days to drain away. Some parts of Houston are also natural bowls, requiring pumping if the water is drain quickly, or at all.
My thoughts and prayers go out to all those affected. Their lives were changed forever.
My thoughts and prayers go out to all those affected. Their lives were changed forever.
Speaking of Houston. It looks like they are going to give shelter to many thousands of refugees from NO.
I don't think it will be quite the same for Houston. For one we ARE above sea level and the water will have somewhere to go, albeit slowly, without the need for pumps. Add the fact that the bulk of the city is 40-70 miles from the actual coast, even tho storm surge is real but nothing like NO since it is already below sea level. And we don't depend on levees to keep water out.
Pumps have a hard time working if they aren't at the low point. Large pumps like these cannot self-prime. The pumps in NO weren't designed to handle a catastrophy like a levee collapse, they were designed for torrential rains, which they have handled well for many years.
We've heard 500 bus loads are coming to the Astrodome as we speak.
Hello, Domino's?
Pumps have a hard time working if they aren't at the low point. Large pumps like these cannot self-prime. The pumps in NO weren't designed to handle a catastrophy like a levee collapse, they were designed for torrential rains, which they have handled well for many years.
We've heard 500 bus loads are coming to the Astrodome as we speak.
Hello, Domino's?
To put this into perspective -
This an engineering disaster just waiting for the perfect storm. Mother earth always wins...
This an engineering disaster just waiting for the perfect storm. Mother earth always wins...
Wow. Major catastrophe. Terrible, Terrible, Terrible. Could be 4 months before people are allowed to return to various areas. Saw the clip of the man who lost his wife because he couldnt hold on. Makes me think about what is really important in life and how it could have been me down there.
The city has been there 250 plus years,
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