Wayne Boatwright wrote on 02 Sep 2005 in rec.food.cooking

> On Thu 01 Sep 2005 03:20:13p, Joseph Littleshoes wrote in
> rec.food.cooking:
>
> > If i had my way i would evict everybody from california and turn
> > it into a national park, it seems foolish to me to think of
> > rebuilding New Orleans, even as a tourist attraction. Let it go
> > back to nature and move civilian populations out, if private
> > industry wants to pay to maintain a presence there let them pay
> > for it. I wonder if the above seems terribly cynical but on the
> > other hand it seems like just asking for the same kind of problems
> > in the future if New Orleans goes back to the way it was.
> >
>
> Exactly how many times has this happened to New Orleans since it was
> founded in 1718? I think you and a lot of other people are
> overreacting.
>
> There are fault lines throughout the continental US, but I hardly
> think eradicating populations from areas surrounding all of them is
> a practical solution.
>
> There's always a risk that something catastrophic may happen in any
> number of places, but the reality is that it rarely does happen.
>

Well it's not my tax dollars, but if it was... I wouldn't condone re-
building in a place that was below sea-level and near a coast or in flood
plains. Seems silly to me to pay more than once to re-build or repair
after flood damage with taxpayer's money.

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