They've been saying that nature is trying to take back NO for decades, my grandparents lived there for years, my father went to college at Tulane, lots of family history there, and as long as I can remember there's been somebody saying, "the Mississippi is trying to take NO back..."
but it's strange, at the same time they say that, they'll say "but it won't happen in my lifetime..." and on Tuesday I heard it again. NPR was interviewing the mayor or some such and his response to the question, "Will we lose NO to the river?" was, "Certainly not in our lifetime" The mighty Mississippi is not the only river flowing in NO, looks like Denial is flowing freely in southern Louisiana, too. -- will I guess it depends on how much faith you have in the Army Corps of engineers and their dam/levee that is preventing the Mississippi from going down its ancient channel right through the heart of NO. The fact that they must dredge/repair this facility on nearly a daily basis to prevent the river from taking it out, says to me that someday it is probably going to win. Whose lifetime that day is in is anyone's guess, I guess. -------------- Ian Skinner Web Programmer BloodSource www.BloodSource.org Sacramento, CA "C code. C code run. Run code run. Please!" - Cynthia Dunning Confidentiality Notice: This message including any attachments is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and may contain confidential and privileged information. Any unauthorized review, use, disclosure or distribution is prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender and delete any copies of this message. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Purchase Homesite Plus with Dreamweaver from House of Fusion, a Macromedia Authorized Affiliate and support the CF community. http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=55 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:171953 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
