No worse than people continuing to build in various places in California (Los Angeles, San Francisco). Or the towns near Vesuvius in Italy.
Humans are incurable optimists.
Don't come back yet
This from staff writer Geoff Pender, who is calling in reports from Hattiesburg. If you are thinking about getting in the car and coming back to South Mississippi, don't. The Mississippi Emergency Management Agency is telling people who have evacuated to stay away until the roads have been cleared and the National Guard is in place. If we get word when that happens, we'll pass it along.
On a different note, we have a report that portions of U.S. 90 are under seven feet of water.
It used to be the high spot in the marsh. You could get to the city from Bayou St. John, which early was the easier way to get boats in, or up the Missisippi, and controlled trade coming down the river...and was placed excellently for trade.
Blame Bienville. He founded it.
Then howcome in Dallas you cannot build on a flood plain? Should those people also be entitled to build there and expect the taxpayer to pay for all flood damage?