[Willie Green]

I'm the train they call The City of New Orleans,
I'll be gone five hundred miles when the day is done.

Assuming 50 mph average, that trip would be roughly 10 hrs.
Maglev, averaging 250 mph, would make the trip in only 2 hrs.
OTOH, 10 hrs on Maglev would travel 2500 miles!!!

[proud American in Canada]

Okay, I have to log off now, and I don't know if anyone even cares what I have to say, but here goes: Yes, I will pray so hard that no one hurts or dies--human life is precious and worth more than any bricks and mortar.

And, so much history and culture in N.O. that could be lost forever. It would be a tragedy if it were gone.

A a big chunk of U.S. history torn out in a day?

Please. God, let that not happen.

Now, I'll put my kids to bed, while praying that this M************r of a hurricane doesn't destroy New Orleans and kill innocent people.