Jonny wrote:

Hurricance Katrina hurt alot of people. These people chose, knowingly or
unknowingly. to live in an area that is sinking or just below sea level as
that's where their parents or whatever lived. If you've received the
knowledge, and continue to live in the area, and expect others to help you,
not smart. I can't believe that the majority who choose to stay there don't
know this.

There's another problem looming for that area that most people don't
know about and the locals completely ignore. Sooner or later, the
Mississippi River will change course by jumping its banks and flowing
into the Atchafalya River, taking a new course directly south to the
Gulf. THe point where this will happen is about 60 miles north (by
river) of Baton Rouge. The river bed in Baton Rouge and New Orleans
will become an estuary, that is, salt water will back up from the Gulf.
New Oleans gets it's drinking water from the river. This almost
happened during the floods of 1973. There hasn't been sufficient
flooding since to bring attention back to this subject, but it's very
likely to happen. One noted hydrologist at LSU predicted that this
would be "the greatest peacetime economic disaster in the history of our
country". He also predicted (back in '84) that it would happen by the
year 2000. Ask anyone in New Oleans about this, though, and they'll
tell you to have another beer and let the good times roll.

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Gary Brady
Austin, TX