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To: MayfairFly

I read just fine.

It is your refusal to understand my reasoning, that if folks live in a location BELOW sea level, near a coastline and in an area prone to hurricanes, they have no one but themselves to blame for being flooded. As to levees, all around this country they’re notorious for failing, no matter the location, no matter who built them.

I live near a city along the Columbia River, in southwest Washinton state, that is surrounded by levees. (I live 800 feet up the side of a mountain nearby). No way will I live along the river shore or in areas with levees (this is how we spell it up here). We would be asking for trouble.

No one is to blame for the flood or Hurricane Katrina - that is God’s work. Levees are man’s work, and never should be expected to defy such a force of nature.

(I think New Orleans and Corpus Christi both ought to move to less hazardous locations.)

God gave humans brains for a reason. Too bad we don’t use that gift more often.


405 posted on 04/13/2010 7:58:02 PM PDT by SatinDoll (NO Foreign Nationals as our President!!)
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To: SatinDoll
...if folks live in a location BELOW sea level, near a coastline and in an area prone to hurricanes, they have no one but themselves to blame for being flooded.

West coast = mudslides, tsunamis & earthquakes. Entire Mississippi / Missouri River Valley = floods. Midwest = tornadoes. Gulf coast & east coast = hurricanes. Few places are devoid of risk.

407 posted on 04/13/2010 8:29:38 PM PDT by MayfairFly
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To: SatinDoll
Corpus Christi both ought to move to less hazardous locations

Huh?

449 posted on 04/14/2010 9:40:35 AM PDT by Eaker (Pablo is very wily)
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To: SatinDoll
(I think New Orleans and Corpus Christi both ought to move to less hazardous locations.)

Port cities tend to be limited in that regard.

God gave humans brains for a reason. Too bad we don’t use that gift more often.

Oh, I agree - completely.

459 posted on 04/14/2010 11:50:25 AM PDT by Charles Martel ("Endeavor to persevere...")
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