Let the games begin!

Well, the first tropical depression of the Atlantic season has formed in the Gulf of Mexico. According the The Weather Channel, if it can get enough convection near the center on Sunday it could develope into Tropical Storm Alberto.

So, the questions are:
1. how long before New Orleans gets it's first hurricane of the new season.
2. how much water will the city be under when it hits.
3. how long after landfall will the american public blame people who chose to return to live in New Orleans.

I've already heard little snippets from various places about how stupid it for people to move back and how the city should just be abandoned or moved. I'm already angry. So I thought I should go ahead and work it up to a fever pitch so I can disembowel the first person I who says something about it in my prescence.

I think what people don't realize or understand is that there are other cities that should be moved/abandoned before New Orleans. Lets see, I'll start in the U.S.... how about every city on all of the coast lines. Global sealevel is rising...... cities will be at risk of flooding even with out hurricanes. Factor in hurricanes and definitely Miami and most of south florida have to be moved. Outside of the country... Venice is drowning.... so everyone there has to go. And Denmark and the Netherlands are just screwed. After all, they've had the nerve to reclaim land from the sea. One good storm there, and a there's going to be trouble.

But that's just my opinion. I tend to forget that one of the great American past times is to blame the victim for his own misfortunes. Although, no one really questions why San Franciso was rebuilt in the same location after it burned to the ground.... and no one is talking about relocating Los Angles to a place that isn't on a fault line.

bah humbug