Originally posted by jaimevick
Originally posted by Magnitude
Katrina was so bad last time because people had the "not moving" attitude. When will they learn? Nature stops for no man.
Katrina was so bad because we trusted the local and federal government to build us levees for protection. The lesson learned...The government sucks at building levees, and the ones they just built are gonna come tumbling down and everyone knows it, therefore every one is going to evacuate.I hope so.
http://www.gregledet.net/hurricam/hurricam.htmlSeems not everyone has left.
Agreed that your government is utterly inadequate (but who elected them?).
The problem isn't solely that the increased rainfall and winds cause damage, but that the storm surge floods the seafront AND the river, and the rainfall allows the river to flood upsteam, creating a pileup of floodwater downstream, and this essentially wouldn't give many levées much chance. There's literally nowhere for the water to go but laterally. Building on a floodplain FTL.
Things like this issue are something that I'd like to do for a living actually, because it's interesting and helps people.
Best of luck to those of you with property there. At least you're safe yourselves, if not your belongings, too.