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Posted by paul on September 23, 2005 at 07:27:31 from (66.60.197.61):
In Reply to: Re: Update, Update! posted by George in Biloxi on September 23, 2005 at 07:09:42:
Everyone assumes some risk. Setting one's self up for total disaster is another thing. Like, the low below sea level parts of New Orleans. Or the deal that cars can't evacuate the Houston area. Or building in the flood plains of Grand Forks or Sioux Falls here locally. Or.... We are all exposed to risk. It is when we foolishly double or triple that risk that it becomes difficult to spend huge sums of money to redo the same mistake over - so in the next 40 years we can have the same horrid disaster all over again. As to seeding the hurricanes, I saw a fellow on one of the cable news shows this morning that says 10 big plane loads of the baby diaper grit that absorbs water would take 20 mph off the eye & cause it to drop a cat and would be worth doing. It would both cool the eye & take some moisture out if done 'right'. As the newscaster said, most other scientists think he is 'nuts' to quote, but that was the word. --->Paul
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