Hurricane Katrina
Kitiara:
Quote from: gali on 2005 August 30, 10:12:13
Kitiara, I don't think ZZ meant to offend somebody, or to laugh at the suffer of others. But when somebody mention "flood" - this is the first conotation you make...:), if you have read the book.
Quote from: Kitiara on 2005 August 30, 04:11:11
Not a problem to me, but some may have had one. I wouldn't use it either. I have had friends who referred to themselves that way (which always seemed weird). It is just one of many perfectly fine words I have had to expunge from my vocabulary because new definitions make the old ones impossible to use. Never know when people will be offended accidentally. For the record, I took no offense at your statement, and knew how it was meant, but noticed the double entendre and thought you might like to be informed of a possible miscommunication.
I thought that meaning was clear. I was just pointing out a possible interpretation.
This side discussion has gone on too long. I think next time I'll just keep my big mouth shut.
ZephyrZodiac:
Well, anyway, to return to New Orleans and other places which suffer from flooding, parts of the UK among them, most problems could be avoided by not building on flood plains! With old, historical areas like NO it's understandable that a) people then were more concerned about easy access to the sea, and b) the sea levels weren't quite so high as they are now, but with areas which were until recently just farmland and have now been bought up and used for housing, it's just plain stupidity! The British need to accept, like most other people in the world, that unless you have quite a high income, you can't expect a semi-detached or detached house with a large garden and should settle for apartment buildings in more crowded areas! And the government needs to legislate more forcefully in these kind of matters so builders have to build the kind of housing which is necessary rather than that which people want.
lindaetterlee:
Anyone Heard from Reg?
I am from Alexandria La. We only received rain and wind but new orleans is devistated. In our city there are over 5000+ refugees staying in selters, not including those staying ith relatives. A normally small and borring town is suddenly quite larger.
Honestly being from here, i can not imagine rebuilding a city a large as new orleans. Is anyone else on here from LA or MS?
LINDA
Sandilou:
I watched the footage on Sky News and then on Fox News; the situation looks horrendous. I pity everyone involved there at the moment. A clean up campaign doesn't even look possible for now. Hope Reggi is ok and has a dry, solid home to return to.
J. M. Pescado:
Meh, there *IS* no New Orleans anymore. If they're going to build something there, hopefully they'll have the sense to build it PROPERLY this time so it is not DESTROYED every other year. Why don't people ever learn?
In any case, at the moment, apparently, New Orleans no longer exists, and is now a giant ruin full of looters and rioting. It even sounds fun now!
Definitely an improvement, I'd say.
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