I wonder also whether people will want to return to live somewhere where they have experienced such devastation -
It may not be an issue of wanting. It may be more of returning to an environment we know and to where our support system, lives, family, friends, schools, culture are. For the companies that weren't affected too bad, that's where our jobs are. Admittedly, things will be different. Also with regard to New Orleans, I feel plans for improving what went wrong are already being planned. Had I not married someone who chose to leave Louisiana, I would probably still be there. For now, if something disastrous were to happen where I currently live, I would probably return because that's where my life is now. That's where my friends and support system are as well as my children's lives, friends, school, etc.. That's where I want to be. The environment fits my family's medical needs better.
I think I would be one who would get to the highest ground, and furthest from the Gulf states, just in case ...
When looking at the devastation in New Orleans, also consider the devastation that can be caused by other natural causes such as tornadoes, earthquakes, wildfires caused by lightening, volcano eruptions, chinook winds in the mountains, hail, landslides, etc.. It doesn't matter where you live there is going to be some kind of natural event that is going to cause destruction. When I lived in Shreveport, LA, as a child, we had several bad tornadoes hit the area. Just a few years ago Fort Worth, TX/Arlington, TX, area got hit very hard with tornadoes. It came very close to the part of town I lived when I lived in Grand Prairie, TX. Now that I've been in Colorado for 13 years, I've seen many storms that included tornadoes as well as chinook winds, hail, etc. Look at the events around Mt. St. Helens in Washington and the devastation caused by it when erupted in 1980. The list can go on and on with examples of devastation from natural causes regardless of the elevation. It doesn't matter what elevation we live, there can be/is some kind of natural disaster. Vickie McKinney Colorado Springs, CO USA To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
