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01-03-2010, 07:52 PM
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Re: Hundreds Flee AUSTRALIA FLOODING (New South Wales)
No offense, but it baffles me that anybody would build any non-critical permanent structures anywhere within 25 miles of the beach along the Gulf or along the Atlantic Seaboard...
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01-03-2010, 07:54 PM
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Re: Hundreds Flee AUSTRALIA FLOODING (New South Wales)
Crap, I should be dead.  Oh and before anyone jumps in and starts beating their chest, I'm not saying that Oz is the only place on earth where all these events occur but crikey, we seem to get more than our fair share. And yes, I threw that 'crikey' in there just for fun. I'm no Croc Dundee.  |
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01-03-2010, 08:15 PM
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I agrtee....but it was there long before I was born......I just happen to live (almost) in a coastal area)......and its supposedly strategically necessary to have installations in these places..(ports, pipelines,military installations,... etc)...and the tourism is profitable.....Its just when these storms come through...all hell breaks loose. You should see parts of New Orleans until THIS DAY!
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01-03-2010, 08:17 PM
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You are hereby commanded to bring a camera next time you visit, and to share with us what you mean. |
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01-03-2010, 08:24 PM
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remember these images?     Some of this is still abandoned...not the central business District., Garden district, uptown or the french quarter of course...but parts of the uptown, mid city, central city, lower ninth, new orleans east, and lakeview are still a mess. |
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01-03-2010, 08:26 PM
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Re: Hundreds Flee AUSTRALIA FLOODING (New South Wales)
everyone I've spoken with said that the actual hurricane damage in New Orleans was moderate, at worst. It was just the flooding and dense population that caused New Orleans to be the epicenter of all of the focus. I've heard the the Gulfport/Gautier/Pascagoula region got way worse actual hurricane damage.
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01-03-2010, 08:29 PM
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that is true. Once the storm passed, we at our office thought that we had dodged a bullet.....then we started getting emergency calls...."water is coming in my house' ....people in attics, etc once the levees broke....we had four major levee breaks and dozens of others...That is New Orleans and east Jefferson Parish to the west.......the Mississippi coast got the brunt of the winds and lightning hits....along with the surge....Remember we had a bit of wetlands between us and the gulf....they duid NOT.
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01-03-2010, 08:33 PM
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Re: Hundreds Flee AUSTRALIA FLOODING (New South Wales)
I do know that what I saw was absolutely surreal. To quote what I've posted on another forum: Ooh… wow. The things which transpire while I’m at work. So after Hurricane Katrina, I went down to help in Pascagoula, Mississippi. On the drive down, we drove through Gulfport, Biloxi and Gautier on the way to Pascagoula. I did not visit New Orleans, so I will visit neither judgment nor condemnation upon those who stayed behind in that location. I cannot tell you the power of a hurricane. Nor can pictures or videos or stories do justice to the raw devastation which was wrought upon this region. 75 miles from the coast, debris was strewn across the highways, and the roads were only passable because plows had cleared the way. Power lines down, houses disassembled in pieces on the ground… entire forests uprooted. It was awesome, the scope of the damage, and terrifying, that as every mile towards the coast went past, the devastation only grew more and more complete. The people who I interacted with… those unfortunate enough to not have means to evacuate, and those too stubborn to leave their homes… I would call none of them foolish. Not a one of them. All of them had ridden out hurricanes before, and never with the level of hardship with which this storm burdened them. It was a conditioned response, ultimately. But the weeks which I spent in southern Mississippi, helping to clean up, distribute food and water, and assist those who were left indigent and unable to care for themselves… I changed during that time. In those days, I saw the determination which these people exhibited. This storm plumbed the depths of human strength and, more clearly and resolutely than any other incident I can recall, including the September 11th attacks, mind you, demonstrated the power of the human will. Strangely, despite the death and destruction and mayhem which I experienced, ultimately, I left Mississippi with a reaffirmed faith of humanity, and nothing that anybody says to me will change my opinion. Ever. Strength is not something demonstrated until desperation comes knocking. When Hurricane Rita swept through the Gulf of Mexico, I was evacuated from the Mississippi coast, as a precautionary measure. When I was sent back to the coast, I was sent to Lake Charles, Louisiana, and spent two weeks assisting the people in need at that location. The people in this area were a different breed, all together. Rita had been bad, for sure… but it didn’t leave the people who stayed behind filled with the same benevolent energy which Katrina instilled in the refugees/survivors. It’s just a shame that the flooding in New Orleans and the plight which that caused overshadowed news reports about other regions of Louisiana and Mississippi. Anyway… just my $0.02. I’ve experienced the aftermath of two of the greatest hurricane related disasters in all of American history. Both were phenomenal… but Katrina was, and likely will always be exceptional. This is only more poignant because of the postscript of New Orleans… but even the areas which weren’t flooded were of an entirely different echelon of aftermath. |
