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<blockquote data-quote="ups_vette" data-source="post: 47952">A few random thoughts; &nbsp;1. Tie, Perhaps you were asleep during your American History class. It was the French, not the Spanish who settled New Orleans. Which at the time was NOT below sea level. The reason it&#039;s below sea level today is due to the elimination of surrounding wet lands by urban development, which caused the Mississippi River to deposit sediment in the former wet lands, raising the ground level all around New Orleans. This also eliminated the barrior islands between the Gulf of Mexico and New Orleans, allowing Hurricanes to hit the ctiy full force without a land mass to reduce the force of the winds. &nbsp;2. Lets examine the actions of our President, George W: &nbsp;Sunday August 28th-- While Hurricane Katrina was rushing towards the Gulf Coast as Cat 5, W was &quot;working hard&quot; clearing brush on the Lazy W Ranch and having a BBQ with a few friends. &nbsp;Monday August 29th-- As Katrina rushed ashore as a Cat 4 into Mississippi, Louisanna, and Alabama W boarded Air Force One and flew directly to Arizona for a town meeting on Social Security. &nbsp;Tuesday August 30th-- After the levies burst and flooded the City of New Orleans, W again boarded Air Force One and flew directly to San Diego, Ca. This was to comemorate the ending of WWll. An interesting side note to this is W&#039;s Handlers made sure an Aircraft Carrier in harbour was not in the background to remind people of W&#039;s &quot;MISSION ACOMPLISHED&quot; speach after the fall of Sadam Husin. &nbsp;W&#039;s actions, or lack of, remind people of his actions when he sat for 7 minutes reading to school children after being told we were attacked on 911.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="ups_vette, post: 47952"] A few random thoughts; 1. Tie, Perhaps you were asleep during your American History class. It was the French, not the Spanish who settled New Orleans. Which at the time was NOT below sea level. The reason it's below sea level today is due to the elimination of surrounding wet lands by urban development, which caused the Mississippi River to deposit sediment in the former wet lands, raising the ground level all around New Orleans. This also eliminated the barrior islands between the Gulf of Mexico and New Orleans, allowing Hurricanes to hit the ctiy full force without a land mass to reduce the force of the winds. 2. Lets examine the actions of our President, George W: Sunday August 28th-- While Hurricane Katrina was rushing towards the Gulf Coast as Cat 5, W was "working hard" clearing brush on the Lazy W Ranch and having a BBQ with a few friends. Monday August 29th-- As Katrina rushed ashore as a Cat 4 into Mississippi, Louisanna, and Alabama W boarded Air Force One and flew directly to Arizona for a town meeting on Social Security. Tuesday August 30th-- After the levies burst and flooded the City of New Orleans, W again boarded Air Force One and flew directly to San Diego, Ca. This was to comemorate the ending of WWll. An interesting side note to this is W's Handlers made sure an Aircraft Carrier in harbour was not in the background to remind people of W's "MISSION ACOMPLISHED" speach after the fall of Sadam Husin. W's actions, or lack of, remind people of his actions when he sat for 7 minutes reading to school children after being told we were attacked on 911. [/QUOTE]

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