From: "Robert Comer" 

> The next hurricane season will be the clincher.

I don't know about that, we'll have to wait and see.

> Emotions aside (and they are powerful) I wonder whether the prudent option
> would be to abandon New Orleans.

Whether it's prudent or not, it's not going to happen anytime soon,
Americans can be quite stubborn about such things.

> I no longer regard it as viable.

Anything is viable if you throw enough resources at it.

--
Bob Comer


"Phil Payne"  wrote in
message news:44396d01{at}w3....
>> A record, by definition, is unusual, and it's still early in the season.
>
> The next hurricane season will be the clincher.
>
> Emotions aside (and they are powerful) I wonder whether the prudent option
> would be to abandon New Orleans.
>
> I no longer regard it as viable.
>
>

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