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jesus!

the areas southeast of Houston are STILL getting dumped on with heavy rains.

and now this cocksucker is moving East.
getting it pretty good at my house right now.

keep an eye on parts of NOLA now.
this much rain gonna create problems for them too.
 
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Oh no! Not NOLA!

Reminds me of this lesson I learned long ago...

I built this awesome house of cards outside on a table on the porch. It was amazing and then the wind started blowing and it was destroyed. I was determined to build it again after the wind stopped. I made this house even better than the one before. Problem was, once another gust of wind came, it was totalled. "Wtf," I thought. I didn't even have a chance to show it to anybody. So this next time, I got wise and...built it somewhere else!

I feel bad for the people affected by this hurricane, but once it's over, if they choose to rebuild their house in the same damn spot where you pretty much know another hurricane is going to get you in the next 5 or 10 years, then you get what you get. New Orleans should have packed up it's shit and moved 500 miles inland a long time ago.
 
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CFPBuckeye said:
Oh no! Not NOLA!

Reminds me of this lesson I learned long ago...

I built this awesome house of cards outside on a table on the porch. It was amazing and then the wind started blowing and it was destroyed. I was determined to build it again after the wind stopped. I made this house even better than the one before. Problem was, once another gust of wind came, it was totalled. "Wtf," I thought. I didn't even have a chance to show it to anybody. So this next time, I got wise and...built it somewhere else!

I feel bad for the people affected by this hurricane, but once it's over, if they choose to rebuild their house in the same damn spot where you pretty much know another hurricane is going to get you in the next 5 or 10 years, then you get what you get. New Orleans should have packed up it's [Mark May] and moved 500 miles inland a long time ago.
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while i do understand that sentiment, it's not really that simple.

packing up an entire city and relocating it ain't quite as easy as bringing your deck of cards inside.

i live in a small town about an hour south of the city.

we flood more often than they do. you just don't hear about it because we have less than 1,000 people here. And we don't shoot at each other, go out looting, or bitch and complain and blame the government.

instead, we pull together. Make sure all your family and neighbors are safe. we help each other evacuate. then we help each other rebuild.

you can't just take that sense of community with you if you relocate.
 
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Nutriaitch said:
while i do understand that sentiment, it's not really that simple.

packing up an entire city and relocating it ain't quite as easy as bringing your deck of cards inside.

i live in a small town about an hour south of the city.

we flood more often than they do. you just don't hear about it because we have less than 1,000 people here. And we don't shoot at each other, go out looting, or bitch and complain and blame the government.

instead, we pull together. Make sure all your family and neighbors are safe. we help each other evacuate. then we help each other rebuild.

you can't just take that sense of community with you if you relocate.
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It's meant more for individuals. They can all spread out in different directions to safer places. I know you can't move the buildings (the partially destroyed ones especially,) but individuals can definitely choose to not stay in a proven disaster path. There are other communities out there with a sense of community where those folks (the ones that people can understand, maybe not necessarily the Farmer Frans) can become members of.

I just remember Katrina and what it did. Storms over? Build everything back up and stay put! Surely, it won't happen again. It's just bothersome that after that storm, all of that relief effort is going to be needed again. Seems rather ignorant to ask people to bail them out again after they chose to stick around for the next one. Sure, it's not as easy as taking the cards inside but the logic is.

This is comig from someone who knows a thing or two about being ignorant. :biggrin:
 
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without diving into the politics of it all, i agree that bailouts shouldn't be given to anyone more than once (if at all).

down here, we just put on our boots and do it ourselves. in fact, we don't even want to SEE anyone from the freaking government come around after a storm.

just get the hell out of our way. we've been doing this without assistance since before Katrina brought national attention to our area.
 
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my apartment is in Baytown along I-10 about 30 miles east of downtown Houston.

as of this afternoon, Baytown has received 41" of rain since Saturday. and still calling for another 10-12" before the week is over.

Baytown averages around 50" of rain per year.
 
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Nutriaitch said:
well, i don't do cold, so has to be somewhere in the South.

and because of the industry that employees me, my choices are pretty limited to the energy corridor along I-10.
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My step father made pretty good bank working for Ashland in Columbus.

And hey, it isn't as cold here as it was a couple decades ago. I don't recall shoveling my driveway once last winter.
 
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