I can find some places to build refineries, that will not be effected by storms. I'd bet that they can, as well.
As for working their butts off, I'd also wager a bet. I'll bet they are getting paid for it. I'll even bet they get overtime, and benefits.
The nations need for oil did not create these problems. Swamps are wet, whether or not you have storms. You should not build there.
I feel sorry for most personal loss. I feel little sorrow when that loss is by choice. If you live next to a freeway, you expect to hear traffic noise. If you live in a swamp, you can expect floods, when the water rises...
I think you should be able to build wherever you wish. I think you should be responsible for it, yourself. But, maybe I am just a lowly taxpayer, who has to pay the bills, and looking at it from a different perspective.
Hello is this on the people of Louisiana pay taxs too your U.S. is mine too. We bombed other country then paid to rebuild that's waste. Rebuilding a city that's been major port for a long time which is part of the United States is not.
I agree that people should be able to build where they want, as long as they pay for it. The people in Cameron parish did pay for their premiums, to the tune of 4,000 per year. The new restrictions are ridiculous so chances are real good that they tell the feds to get out and don't bother. The cajuns are like that. They are resilient and resourceful, of course that was never reported on just the inner city folks of New Orleans.
As for the refineries, have fun trying to get the zoning passed to build one. How many years has it been since one was built? The government would have to fork over a LOT of money to the companies anyway and it would take years to complete not a couple of weeks to repair and restart.
We don't have time or capacity to shut down refineries for several years here while they negotiate, rezone, fight the NIMBY's, rebuild, reroute the pipelines, and then get a trained workforce in place.
It isn't just about gasoline but the entire petrochemical industry that's located here. Plastics, detergent, tires, gasoline, synthetic rubber, the building materials for everything we use every day like this nice computer. Look at all that plastic, the next time you drive your car look at your dashboard, tires, body, building materials, etc that is what is made here. Without the basic building material to make stuff the manufacturers are SOL. Without the stuff for people to buy the economy tanks.
Yes people are working their butts off getting paid, most of the people here are doing that. However, the MSM didn't show that did they, they didn't show that over one million people got out of the way, they didn't show the hard work being done to recover because that would show americans in the best light possible, resourseful, determined and able to take a few punches and get back up.
I did not say the oil industry created the problems, I said the oil industry made it worse due to their building shipping channels through those swamps allowing a much higher and damaging storm surge further inland. Those swamps were natural barriers that took the punch out of the hurricanes.
FWIW the most damage was to overpriced newer construcion that was cheaply made. The solid older homes, like mine did just fine. I barely lost a shingle.
So we are just going to give up on a place after a nature or man destroys it. Cool there goes about 7 states so far. The ones who survive we just keep moving. Plus no more aid to other countries.