Subj : Re: Um...no comment? To : alt.tv.farscape From : John Iwaniszek Date : Fri Sep 02 2005 14:37:34 From Newsgroup: alt.tv.farscape Nick wrote in news:Xns96C54C524F016ndtcm@ 204.153.244.170: > weirdwolf wrote: > >> Nick wrote in >> news:Xns96C4CFBF81C62ndtcm@ 68.1.17.6: >> >>> weirdwolf wrote: >>> >>>> Nick wrote in >>>> news:Xns96C4C8D09B03Endtcm@ 68.1.17.6: >>>> >>>>> weirdwolf wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> "RR" wrote in >>>>>> news:zFMRe.12755$Nx.1336 @tornado.texas.rr.com: >>>>>> >>>>>>> Jim Larson wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> In 2001, FEMA warned that a hurricane striking New Orleans >>>>>>>>> was one of the three most likely disasters in the U.S. But >>>>>>>>> the Bush administration cut New Orleans flood control funding >>>>>>>>> by 44 percent to pay for the Iraq war. >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> A year ago the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers proposed to study >>>>>>>>> how New Orleans could be protected from a catastrophic >>>>>>>>> hurricane, but the Bush administration ordered that the >>>>>>>>> research not be undertaken. >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> After a flood killed six people in 1995, Congress created the >>>>>>>>> Southeast Louisiana Urban Flood Control Project, in which the >>>>>>>>> Corps of Engineers strengthened and renovated levees and >>>>>>>>> pumping stations. In early 2001, the Federal Emergency >>>>>>>>> Management Agency issued a report stating that a hurricane >>>>>>>>> striking New Orleans was one of the three most likely >>>>>>>>> disasters in the U.S., including a terrorist attack on New >>>>>>>>> York City. But by 2003 the federal funding for the flood >>>>>>>>> control project essentially dried up as it was drained into >>>>>>>>> the Iraq war. In 2004, the Bush administration cut funding >>>>>>>>> requested by the New Orleans district of the U.S. Army Corps >>>>>>>>> of Engineers for holding back the waters of Lake >>>>>>>>> Pontchartrain by more than 80 percent. Additional cuts at the >>>>>>>>> beginning of this year (for a total reduction in funding of >>>>>>>>> 44.2 percent since 2001) forced the New Orleans district of >>>>>>>>> the Corps to impose a hiring freeze. The Senate had debated >>>>>>>>> adding funds for fixing New Orleans' levees, but it was too >>>>>>>>> late. >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> The New Orleans Times-Picayune, which before the hurricane >>>>>>>>> published a series on the federal funding problem, and whose >>>>>>>>> presses are now underwater, reported online: "No one can say >>>>>>>>> they didn't see it coming ... Now in the wake of one of the >>>>>>>>> worst storms ever, serious questions are being asked about >>>>>>>>> the lack of preparation." >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> By Sidney Blumenthal >>>>>>>>> Salon.com Wednesday 31 August 2005 >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> (You're trying to make Iwa explode, right?) >>>>>>> >>>>>>> (The "Larry King" thread was becoming bloated and difficult to >>>>>>> wade through.) >>>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> Much like the programme itself? >>>>>> So do you think this will stop the distruction of the wetlands >>>>>> and the >>>>>> tightening up of building regulations for those nice seafront >>>>>> properties or will it go back to being focussed on man made >>>>>> levees etc? >>>>>> Ted >>>>> >>>>> Oh, I forgot to mention. Nice seafront properties don't occur in >>>>> Louisiana. >>>>> >>>> >>>> I wasn't just talking about the condo types you get in Florida, >>>> more the building right up as close as they will go. >>>> Ted >>>> >>> >>> Here is a link to some info about south Louisiana and coastal >>> erosion here. >>> http://www.leeric.lsu.edu/educat/lessons/erosion/coast_e1.htm >>> >> >> Er Nick are you trying to tell me something? >> This is the kind of thing Jess would be doing at her junior school. >> I >> mean I know I'm thick and all but I think I can manage the work an 8 >> year old has to do. just. >> Ted >> > > hehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehe :D > I thought it was very informative. .