Subject: Re: I'm Tired Of These Ungrateful Hurricane Victims

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Subject: Re: I'm Tired Of These Ungrateful Hurricane Victims

Posted on: Fri, 02 Sep 2005 20:14:41 GMT

"Bob the Cow" wrote:

>> We now end our contributions of actual facts and return you to your
>> rants.
>
>The other thing to consider is the magnitude of the disaster itself.
>Imagine a 27-foot (8+ meters) wall of water inundating whatever whiz-bang
>high-tech pumping station and levee the gummint could have built.

And yet another thing to consider - the levees that failed
*first* were ones that were recently repaired and upgraded to
standards.

There's simply no way to ensure that nothing will fail, ever, under
any conditions. The world simply doesn't work that way.

D.
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-Resolved: To be more temperate in my postings.
Oct 5th, 2004 JDL

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