Comments on: Even Firmer in My Resolve

By: leendaluu

leendaluu — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 15:39:13 +0000

Glad you are (all) safe. Cannot stand that you all have to suffer so much stress each fall….but come Jan 2009 there will be change!

By: Sharon

Sharon — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 06:44:01 +0000

Glad everything is going okay. Your friend makes a good point. Even now, maybe more so now that we've moved, my girlfriend and I are considering moving back once both our graduate schools are done with. I miss southern Louisiana something fierce. I never really understood the temerity of the residents before. Of course, I had never moved away before, either. And now the distance hurts. Sharon's last blog post..New semester

By: Ed (zoesdad)

Ed (zoesdad) — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 03:29:19 +0000

OH, BTW--So glad you are safe and home. Ed (zoesdad)'s last blog post..Duracell Can Bite Me

By: Ed (zoesdad)

Ed (zoesdad) — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 03:28:51 +0000

Pete said it! When we compare the cost of a viable protective barrier in New Orleans to a couple of weeks in Iraq--it's hard to say it can't be done. It's a matter of priority. Ed (zoesdad)'s last blog post..Duracell Can Bite Me

By: Tara R.

Tara R. — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 01:27:05 +0000

I am so glad to hear you are okay and NOLA is okay. I was very worried about you all. I CANNOT WAIT to come down in the fall. Tara R.'s last blog post..Alms for the poor…

By: suz

suz — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 01:09:18 +0000

I absolutely agree that we should not be spending money in Iraq instead of rebuilding New Orleans. And, NOLA, I was glued to Twitter following your every move and am SO happy you're home safe & sound! suz's last blog post..SUZ=Politics

By: pistolette

pistolette — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 20:54:37 +0000

Glad you made it home! We should all gather our thoughts on this together over coffee or beer. pistolette's last blog post..Gustav #17

By: YatPundit

YatPundit — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 20:54:06 +0000

while I agree with your psychologist friend, there are still a lot of folks who are living in metro NOLA that really should leave. If you can't handle the stress of hurricane season, you owe it to yourself and your family to move someplace where you won't become a basket case every time the city is in the 5-day warning cone. YatPundit's last blog post..Politicizing NASA as a scare tactic

By: Xbox4NappyRash

Xbox4NappyRash — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 20:49:10 +0000

Well done NOLA. Well done. Xbox4NappyRash's last blog post..Where can you buy a vagina wig?

By: Pontchartrain Pete

Pontchartrain Pete — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 20:19:09 +0000

You are absolutely right. And Ryan is right, too. We can't protect against overwhelming storms, but we can protect for foreseeable storms. I don't think that is what has been done yet. A more effective solution could lie in a Thames or Netherlands-style floodgate at or near the Rigolets, closed when needed to keep out storm surge but open otherwise to allow ship traffic and tidal flow (and how about some tidal-driven electrical turbines in between the gates?) This would, of course, be very expensive. But, once the decision is made, there is no reason it cannot be pursued with the same resolve as the Apollo program. And, I'm no expert, but using what I propose be a standard unit of monetary measure regarding federal spending, it should not cost more than a couple of weeks in Iraq, the going rate of which is now about $3 billion/week. It's all a matter of priorities. Do we empty the Pontchartrain basin of people, putting them at risk on the road and with no promise of safety at their destination, at who knows what economic costs? Or do we resolve to the one thing that can make us most safe? Pontchartrain Pete's last blog post..Gustav, the Aftermath