<![CDATA[Grist - Comment Feed for On moving to New Orleans, a city defined by water]]> Grist Comment Feed en Comment #1 by jatkeison http://www.grist.org/article/NOLA/ Fri, 25 May 2007 01:29:00 -0700 http://www.grist.org/article/NOLA/1 a moving story

What a beginning.
I recently made my first trip to Maine and am contemplating a move to NOLA.
I'll be listening!

]]> a moving story

What a beginning.
I recently made my first trip to Maine and am contemplating a move to NOLA.
I'll be listening!

]]> Comment #2 by GulfAaron http://www.grist.org/article/NOLA/ Wed, 29 Aug 2007 03:27:51 -0700 http://www.grist.org/article/NOLA/2 $30 billion or bust

Re-plumbing the water and sediment of the Mississippi to replenish and sustain our coastal marshes won't be cheap.  We need the feds to pony up right now, and we should be looking for strategies to bring the big oil & gas companies to the table as well - or is the concept of polluter pays outdated after 7 years of Bushco?

If you want to do more than read this story and say "tisk tisk" check out our site for an e-action to Flood Washington - not our coast and communities.

]]> $30 billion or bust

Re-plumbing the water and sediment of the Mississippi to replenish and sustain our coastal marshes won't be cheap.  We need the feds to pony up right now, and we should be looking for strategies to bring the big oil & gas companies to the table as well - or is the concept of polluter pays outdated after 7 years of Bushco?

If you want to do more than read this story and say "tisk tisk" check out our site for an e-action to Flood Washington - not our coast and communities.

]]> Comment #3 by sindark http://www.grist.org/article/NOLA/ Wed, 29 Aug 2007 06:52:34 -0700 http://www.grist.org/article/NOLA/3 Hydrological engineering

This is a fascinating piece. I had never heard the relationship between the marshes and the hurricane damage described before.

Does anyone know what the cost projection for redirecting the silt flow would look like?

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This is a fascinating piece. I had never heard the relationship between the marshes and the hurricane damage described before.

Does anyone know what the cost projection for redirecting the silt flow would look like?

]]> Comment #4 by Yellowcat http://www.grist.org/article/NOLA/ Sat, 01 Sep 2007 15:40:40 -0700 http://www.grist.org/article/NOLA/4 For another look

at the relationship between the delta marshes and the levees, read 'The Control of Nature' by the redoubtable John McPhee.  This 1989 Book is the one that first sparked my interest . . . 12 years after I left New Orleans.  

In response to Sindark, Does anyone know what the cost for NOT redirecting the silt flow would look like?  Sadly, yes, we do.

(The sound of a blow to the solar plexus)

]]> For another look

at the relationship between the delta marshes and the levees, read 'The Control of Nature' by the redoubtable John McPhee.  This 1989 Book is the one that first sparked my interest . . . 12 years after I left New Orleans.  

In response to Sindark, Does anyone know what the cost for NOT redirecting the silt flow would look like?  Sadly, yes, we do.

(The sound of a blow to the solar plexus)

]]> Comment #5 by earthlover http://www.grist.org/article/NOLA/ Tue, 04 Sep 2007 21:25:50 -0700 http://www.grist.org/article/NOLA/5 Katrina and New Orleans

Let's get one thing straight once and for all - KATRINA DID NOT HIT NEW ORLEANS - it hit where I live, the Mississippi Gulf Coast. New Orleans got hit by a small, although devastating tidal surge that overwhelmed their levees, that was caused by some relatively mild winds generated by the passing of Katrina. New Orleans was on the west edge of Katrina, the so called safe edge. It's about time that the media, and yes this includes Grist, stop saying that Katrina hit New Orleans, IT DIDN'T!

]]> Katrina and New Orleans

Let's get one thing straight once and for all - KATRINA DID NOT HIT NEW ORLEANS - it hit where I live, the Mississippi Gulf Coast. New Orleans got hit by a small, although devastating tidal surge that overwhelmed their levees, that was caused by some relatively mild winds generated by the passing of Katrina. New Orleans was on the west edge of Katrina, the so called safe edge. It's about time that the media, and yes this includes Grist, stop saying that Katrina hit New Orleans, IT DIDN'T!

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