Comments on: Water World

By: Michele

Michele — Wed, 07 Mar 2007 18:51:43 +0000

I’ve just begun reading the history of how you have all been screwed. (The Great Deluge-D. Brinkley)

I first visited NOLA in 2000 and have been in love ever since. I am returning for a few days and am trying to prepare for the heartache. Gotta go back though, I can hear the animals aksin for me.

I feel sorry for all of you, you have held the world in your hands and you see it slipping through your fingers.

I don’t think there is much hope until The Decider is a distant memory.

Relocation? How about taking over Cuba?

By: Paulp

Paulp — Tue, 06 Mar 2007 19:48:27 +0000

Well, I think what I was kind of getting at originally was the fact that down the road, if things continue as they are, it may be too dangerous to come back in ten years. Not in an infrastructural standpoint, but a geological one. If the levees couldn’t hold with the surge we had then, how will it defend against a surge that has that much less wetland protection? I saw the rehab of the Atchafalaya Basin on the front page today. It took twenty years to make a few sand bars. That ain’t enough to change my mind and move into a house on Bellaire in Lakeview.

By: Jack Ware

Jack Ware — Tue, 06 Mar 2007 13:52:18 +0000

It’s interesting that everyone approaches this subject with such permanence. I personally know quite a few people that are “gone for now”. At first I thought this was weird but it really does make sense. This place isn’t a good place to be for everyone right now. And it seems to me that if you have other options somewhere else then maybe you should take advantage of that and let the city sort of get back together. You can always come back. The city will still be here. This is especially true if you have kids, or depending on what kind of work you do. It’s also a lot more manageable if you don’t own a house.

By: mindy

mindy — Tue, 06 Mar 2007 12:55:13 +0000

Termite – you sound homesick to me.
you’re a class act.

By: kapaali

kapaali — Tue, 06 Mar 2007 02:10:55 +0000

Well, Termite, I guess you’re not so bad after all. It just gets my hackles up when I’m told “there’s no place like this place”, as if I don’t know that, and as if coming to the realization that I can’t stay here wasn’t the most heartbreaking experience I’ve ever been through (and that’s really saying something). Still, this is not the only great city in the world. There are other places with which to fall in love, I’m convinced. I hope to find another one of them soon.
I still don’t understand why I can’t use the word “c*nt”. I think it’s a perfectly acceptable word and I’m a girl, even.

By: termite

termite — Tue, 06 Mar 2007 02:00:19 +0000

Thanks paul, yeah, i’m not into name calling myself.

my comment was not ment to be ugly or smug. Kapaali, i understand where you’re coming from all too well.
i too am on my own, but i am making it the best i can. i’m working in houston at the moment and coming home when i have a free day or two. there are no jobs for me in my field in nola at the moment. so, here i am.. i hate it. but, it’s what i have to do to stay afloat.

peace.

By: Paulp

Paulp — Tue, 06 Mar 2007 01:55:30 +0000

Hey come on, I have never edited anything anyone writes on this site. Except for the “C” word used in a previous comment. That is the holiest of unholies. Not necessary in any situation.

By: Paulp

Paulp — Tue, 06 Mar 2007 01:42:14 +0000

Yeah! Viva LA Revolucion! Although the name calling at Termite was a bit harsh. Even I would not go that far.

By: Carl

Carl — Tue, 06 Mar 2007 01:40:32 +0000

Thanks Termite, you’re a breath of fresh air!

(it will be interesting to see if Paul accepts this)

By: Kapaali

Kapaali — Tue, 06 Mar 2007 00:15:16 +0000

Thanks for helping to illustrate my point, Jujubee. That house would be half a million dollars if it was located in Uptown New Orleans.