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Regarding the risk of flooding, one resident [of New Orleans] said, "We've been living with this risk all our lives so it's really a non-issue."

How's that again?  Do you mean the next time you're flooded out you won't complain or demand money from the rest of us to make up for your stupidly risky choice to live 18' below sea level in a coastal city subject to tropical storms?   A non-issue for you maybe, not for us.

Then there's this gem:

... And as the charrette process geared up last week, one zoning consultant and former New Orleans city planner, Pat Fretwell, said Duany's team is tackling complex issues that typically require months of hard work by local planners.

So a bureaucrat named "Fretwell" is, well, FRETTING that the job of rebuilding his city is being done too fast.  You can't make this sh** up, folks.

May 02, 2006 in Hurricanes and heavy weather |

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