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As irrelevant as those events ACTUALLY are in relation to who sits in the Oval Office, a big hurricane hit helps the Dems:
1. Could drive up Gas Prices
2. Reminder of Katrina
3. Global Warming Discussion
The big possible factors as I see them are:
1 - New Orleans gets wiped out again: Its a long way out but right now the GFDL has Gustav bearing down right on NOLA. If this is the case, its going to likely come in at least a Cat 3. The GFDL is our best hurricane model IMO but this is a long range forcast. Hurricane forcasts out more than 3 days aren't very accurate and that drops off even more past 5 days. If I were running things in NOLA however, I would honestly start the ball rolling on minor preperations.
2 - Gulf oil operations taking a substantial hit. This is far more likely than the above happening simply because there are oil facilities all over the Gulf. The only way this happens is if Gustav tracks into Mexico and thats possible but the models are trending away from that being the case.
As irrelevant as those events ACTUALLY are in relation to who sits in the Oval Office, a big hurricane hit helps the Dems:
1. Could drive up Gas Prices
2. Reminder of Katrina
3. Global Warming Discussion
I'd say the city workers who will rack up some serious OT pay. Politically it would be wise for every public official to get it right this time.
Maby some of the experts were right. Shouldn't have rebuilt NO in the first place.
It sits in a bowl. If it does hit NO again I would say goodbye NO. But I know it wont
happen. The same people are still in charge of NO as the last time and odds are
the same thing will happen. Although I don't think a good portion of the people
really returned, did they?
I wonder if Dumbya will make another fly by a few days afterwards.
They are spread to the four corners; several dozen are living here in a small town in Western Pa.
Apparently 1/3 of the population still hasn't come back. I was only slightly surprised to find that there have been 300 national guardsman patrolling the streets there for the past two years.
Jindal can continue talking about the $15 billion that went missing in chocolate city under those NO fools.
Corrupt motha as
Reality of the event doesn't matter. The politicians will control the stupid and spin their "reality" onto the people.
Gonna be a bad Labor Day for somebody!
I've got Labor Day off!!!
And send, what is it now, about 185 billion dollars, again.
Wouldn't it be cheaper to bring in thousands of dump trucks with landfill until all the below sea level aras are at least 15 ft. above sea level like they did in Galvastan?
Sure, it would take several round trips, but at least it would be a worth-while expenditure. Otherwise, I say let it stay sunk.
Any contractors out there able to compute such a cost?
New Orleans isn't going anywhere. There's a reason people built a rather large city on such ty land to begin with.
Is it just like those folks who build million dollar homes right next to the beaches in CA or homes near fault lines? You know it is just a matter of time before disaster strikes.
I'm not doubting you, but do you know where I can find a breakdown of the federal aid for Katrina and Rita? I've got about $50 billion accounted for by checking the DHS site.
Oh...
I forgot to give my two cents worth on the topic.
If it hits with disastrous results, I say the democrats profit from it. These televised conventions act as advertisement. The timing puts it in line with the republican convention. Think about how much less the republican convention may be covered against a disaster...
Trouble is it keeps sinking. As I understand it, the channeling of the river caused that as well as causing the disappearance of the coastal wetlands that used to absorb a lot of the energy from hurricanes in the past.
It would be tough to undo all of that channeling that was in no small part a flood control project in the first place. I guess the least expensive thing to do is to make sure the levees are done right and pray.
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Maybe the fact that it's the major commercial port for the Midwest has something to do with it.
Maybe...who knows...
That was my point.
Then why didn't you make it more clear?
Chump I really don't know. That figure stuck in my mind. Seems that is what I heard the other night on some blasted TV show. Guess I could google it, but too damn lazy this afternoon. Short answer that figure could be wrong as two left feet. (oops hope we don't have any two left feet people)
I forgot to add something for WC. That is exactly what they did in Galveston after the great hurricane they suffered. Raised every house by several feet. Quite a story, every get a chance read about it.
Chump. Expected cost for Katrina is 200 Billion. As much as four years of war.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/9281409/
It would almost have been cheaper to give each citizen a mil and let them handle
things themself.
Yes I did. I read up on it when Katrina hit. I was pissed off that no one ever took such a plan seriour for N.O.
I figured it was, but I've come to understand that you have to spell it out when you're on the internets.
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