Best place for Rita to make landfall? My response

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#21 Postby alicia-w » Mon Sep 19, 2005 1:52 pm

sponger wrote:Of course there is a best place. 5 people affected instead of 1.5 million, I'll choose that one.


unless you happen to be one of those five....
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#22 Postby gtalum » Mon Sep 19, 2005 1:54 pm

Even for the people affected, it's better if a sparsely populated area is hit. Recovery happens much more quickly when 1000 people are affected than when millions are affected. Relief organizations get completely overwhelmed when hurricanes hit large population centers.
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#23 Postby sponger » Mon Sep 19, 2005 1:54 pm

No even if I am one of those 5. Lets not let hysterics get in the way of common sense.
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#24 Postby Innotech » Mon Sep 19, 2005 2:15 pm

I know a girl from Buras (southeastern Plaquemines parish in Louisian. her ohme is underwater. a similar fate happened to pretty much all of plaquemines. its all completely devastated and swamped. I am not sure if the area will ever recover.
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