04-02-2016, 06:14 PM
(04-02-2016, 11:33 AM)Linville Wrote: Hi Cricket.
Very interesting video you posted.
It struck me that in the period, 1927, Â people wore dress clothes almost as casual. You know what I mean? Noticing the dress jackets with ties ..etc.
Im am glad you have the lifeguard training in your past, seems like it may just come in handy...
That song and melody was very sobering....
I almost hated to post that song. Every time I hear it, it makes me cry. Guess I'm a little sensitive about it after goin' thru the flooding and destruction of Katrina. There are no words that can express how terrible that was.
As for the flooding of N O back then where they blew up the levees to save the French quarter and downtown area, they did the same thing for Katrina. Those levees were blown up, not damaged by a barge hitting it. N O didn't have to have all of that water. It was done on purpose like before. Of course they deny it, but all of us down here know the truth. If they admitted to doing that before, what makes people think they wouldn't do it again. Every time it's the poor people living in the 9th ward that pay the price. The government is the cause of that mess. I have no doubt they will do it again if another storm threatened certain areas. I wouldn't live in the 9th ward (St. Bernard parish) if they paid me.
The problem where I live on the northshore of the lake is, we have no levees or protection of any kind, so living right on the lake you know what the outcome will be. Since Katrina they built a huge wall around St. Bernard to protect them, but all that water will have to go somewhere. That would be right into the lake on my side. The next storm could be much worse for us now. Not very comforting, but all we can do is pray it never happens again. I couldn't go thru that again.
With Katrina, the big oil spill and the flooding it feels like they are trying to wipe La. off the map.