On Sep 6, 2005, at 7:07 PM, Robert Seeberger wrote:
It sucks to gain education and edification this way, but I suppose it
is better than being clueless as to what one is viewing.
Like "War is the means by which Americans learn geography."
Toggling back and forth between the Hybrid view and the Katrina
view breaks my heart -- all those houses to the east of the break
have been simply swept away.
It certainly seems so, though being completely submerged doesn't seem
to be a bit better option. Man.....those are peoples homes. I've had 4
1/2 feet of water but never had home simply swept away. It is hard to
even imagine how that would feel.
Truthfully, I don't even want to think about that. Even the houses that
are not completely washed away will be destroyed after being inundated
for days, weeks or months. I sincerely wonder if we as a nation are able
to give these people what they need -- and I don't only mean a place to
live until their houses are rebuilt and rebuilt houses. Their *place in
the world* is destroyed, and will never be the same again. Gaah.
I noticed that the canal wall broke out *into* the canal -- I guess the
ground slopes to the west there. The only time I was in New Orleans was
almost 30 years ago, and I didn't get to know the lay of the land much.
By the way, http://www.scipionus.com/ is an amazing resource that
has emerged in the middle of all this: a map blog that lets people
in the affected area post information pinned to a Google Map.
Boy, that took a while to load!
Yeah, there's a LOT going on in that page.
Dave
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