Reply #7: An unfortunately they have sown the seeds of their own [View All]

[Redstone]

demise by allowing the destruction of the Delta islands, which historically have helped soak up some of the energy of Gulf hurricanes; this destruction caused by the ceasless channeling of the Mississippi so it no longer silts out in the Delta...the water instead run down through the Atchafalaya and the silt carried far offshore, thrown over the cliff into the deep Gulf.

Awlins is, despite its trash and crime, a charming and beguiling city. But it's in a place where no city should be.

You know, don't you, they they run the pumps down there without cease, every day and night, even when there are no storms, just to keep the Gulf from reclaiming its own.

The city has been on borrowed time for two decades now. And though I know it's many people's home, perhaps after this, it might be a good time for the people of Louisiana to pause and reflect if there really should be a city in such a precarious place after all.

Sic transit gloria mundi, and all that.

You don't have to be religious to pray for those poor folks down there tonight, especially the genuinely poor ones jammed into the Superdome when the electricity goes out.

I'm not religious, so I'm going to pray to all the various and sundry Gods of several religions, just in case I can catch the ear of the one or ones who are for real.

Godspeed the people of New Orleans this night.

Redstone