Just Leave

[Professor S]

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,197665,00.html

Lets see... New Orleans is already under the waterline and needs levies to keep from flooding, its half destroyed from a hurricane and they are vulnerable to even more disasters, and the city is sinking more than an inch a year in some places...

JUST LEAVE. GET OUT. RELOCATE. Even wild animals are smart enough to run to high ground, why can't we?

[Jonbo298]

People know that New Orleans is a giant bowl but they always insist on staying "Because its their hometown". Hey, stay. I don't care. Just don't bitch when the government doesn't save your ass because YOU decided to stay.

[Dyne]

Just like Mt. St. Helens, people stayed and died. Some people are just stubborn.

[KillerGremlin]

They have music and shrimp, who could leave that.

[Typhoid]

Originally Posted by Professor S

JUST LEAVE. GET OUT. RELOCATE. Even wild animals are smart enough to run to high ground, why can't we?

Because some people think they are better than nature.

[Professor S]

Originally Posted by Typhoid

Because some people think they are better than nature.

Thatis probably oone of the better summations I've read regarding New Orleans yet.

[GameMaster]

I'm with Jonbo. Accept the consequences that come with your choice.

[Typhoid]

Originally Posted by Professor S

Thatis probably oone of the better summations I've read regarding New Orleans yet.

I was due.

[KillerGremlin]

Not that I don't agree, but just for fun...

what if you were born there, have deeply rooted family, and have lived there your entire life.


if it keeps on raining the levees gonna breakkkkkk....

[Canyarion]

Read the thread title and thought you wanted somebody of us to leave the forums.

[GameMaster]

Originally Posted by Canyarion

Read the thread title and thought you wanted somebody of us to leave the forums.

U bent zeer dwaas.

[manasecret]

Originally Posted by KillerGremlin

what if you were born there, have deeply rooted family, and have lived there your entire life.

That's it right there. Not to mention, New Orleans isn't just some other generic city, especially to those that live here. It's not like you can just pack up your stuff and move and expect to find New Orleans in some other city. This isn't just another Best Buy city. It's got history. It's like asking to give up Boston, or D.C., or Paris, or Rome. It's an easy answer to say, to tell everyone, "just get up and leave." But I think we all know leaving the things we love is tough to do.

People have left, though. If another Katrina comes through, more will. The broken levees have only been shored up; there's a good chance a hurricane of much less power than Katrina could knock them out again.

I live in New Orleans. I'm not from here, and as soon as I graduate I'm abandoning the city -- and all I can ride on is hope that the next Katrina doesn't come through before I graduate. I feel selfish, but it was never in my plan to stay in New Orleans after I graduated.

[Jonbo298]

I know people have thier "roots" with the city but if you want to keep risking your life to stay, then by all means do so. Just don't complain when the government isn't saving you right away for the decision to stay behind

[manasecret]

Originally Posted by Jonbo298

I know people have thier "roots" with the city but if you want to keep risking your life to stay, then by all means do so. Just don't complain when the government isn't saving you right away for the decision to stay behind

I assume because you say "risking your life" and staying behind you mean people trying to ride the next storm out. But the next storm hasn't come yet, and I'm pretty sure most New Orleanians have plenty evidence all around them to know not to try to ride it out again without you giving them advice. Thanks, though.

[Jonbo298]

I'd hope they do.

kthxbye