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Hurricane relief
gregg wrote: john smith wrote: While I sympathize and agree with you: seems to be so many people doing nothing but sitting waiting for Uncle to save them, one buddy of mine did suggest that maybe that's all we're seeing because that's all the media outlets are reporting. Has anyone seen any reporting of some people improvising, adapting, overcoming? I haven't. But I bet they are there. I have seen news reports of it. Several of them, in fact. I never ceased to be amazed at the ingenuity of some people. I suppose that some of the scavengers who are out to make a buck by recycling the garbage will be looked down on by some, but it seems better to me than just adding to landfills. Speaking of which, Seattle once was below sea level like New Orleans. Instead of levees to keep water out, though, early Seattlites just used boats to navigate streets when the tide was in. After the great Seattle Fire, though, the rubble and material from some neighboring hills was used to raise the level of the whole city. I wonder how much of the rubble from Katrina could be used for that in New Orleans, assuming it is not all too contaminated to be useful? Biloxi, Slidell, and several smaller towns have an awful lot of garbage they are going to have to find a home for. |
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