Subj : Re: Um...no comment?
To   : alt.tv.farscape
From : Steve Brooks
Date : Sun Sep 04 2005 11:51:49

From Newsgroup: alt.tv.farscape

Nick wrote:

<snip>

> BATON ROUGE, Sept. 1 -- Seventy miles west of New Orleans, the state
> capital of Baton Rouge

Ah ha! That must be the dot Google-Earth "New Orleans" view has labelled as 
'Baton Range'.  I did wonder if it was a mistake or a different city.

> and its surrounding parish received its own
> storm surge overnight: a huge wave of displaced people, dragging
> their anger, misery and desperation along with them.
>
> In a day, this city has become the largest in Louisiana, and grim
> local officials here predicted it would double in size, to about
> 800,000, permanently. "The Baton Rouge we live in and grew up in is
> no longer," said city councilman Mike Walker. "These people are here
> to stay, perhaps forever."

Obviously things will be difficult during the transition but I can't see why 
this influx should necessarily spoil your city in the long run. IME someone 
referring to a group of their fellow citizens as "these people" is almost 
always a worrying sign.

<snip gloom>

I'm sure things will improve once the immediate crisis is past. You should 
probably invest in local property developers. They, at least, are in for a 
bit of a boom.

-- 

SB

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