Friday, September 02, 2005
New Orleans?
OO's Response
The NYT Response
My response:
It's rather difficult to evacuate a city when the people are doing the evacuating are under fire and the city is under water, and I'm afraid that's just reality. Though we should all donate to the Red Cross or some such organization. I also rather agree with OO's point: It's a very very very very very bad idea to build a city in a location that, properly speaking, should be part of the Gulf of Mexico. Get the people out, leave it to be, and rebuild somewhere else. Perhaps somewhere above sea level, where most people would prefer to live.
The NYT Response
My response:
It's rather difficult to evacuate a city when the people are doing the evacuating are under fire and the city is under water, and I'm afraid that's just reality. Though we should all donate to the Red Cross or some such organization. I also rather agree with OO's point: It's a very very very very very bad idea to build a city in a location that, properly speaking, should be part of the Gulf of Mexico. Get the people out, leave it to be, and rebuild somewhere else. Perhaps somewhere above sea level, where most people would prefer to live.
