Rewiring (and Unwiring) New Orleans

stinkymountain writes "Is New Orleans bouncing back from Hurricane Katrina with the most advanced telecom system in the country? According to Network World, carriers have invested billions to rebuild the wired and wireless networks in the city, and businesses are taking advantage of new, advanced telecom services." This story selected and edited by LinuxWorld editor for the day Saied Pinto.

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Re:Stupidity

[mrxak]

Considering just how much damage was done, and how many people cleared out/died, I'd say that it's a lot more possible to move the city now than it would be to move a city that's fully populated. If San Francisco got evacuated and basically got wiped out, then yeah, I'd probably recommend that most people stay away from that area in the future. But they haven't completely evacuated (or I should say, gave a weak attempt at completely evacuating), so it makes no sense. Also, earthquake threat is a lot less serious to San Francisco than hurricane threat is to New Orleans. Nobody knows where an earthquake will strike in California. It doesn't have to be in or near San Francisco. Heck, an earthquake could strike in New Orleans. But to rebuild a city in a bowl below sea level in an area that gets a lot of hurricanes every year and got wiped out once already in an easily preventable situation is nothing short of suicidal. There's a reason why a lot of people who left aren't coming back, it doesn't take a genius to understand why.

I'm not trying to be insensitive here. I think it was tremendous human tragedy that happened in that city and it was a disgraceful response from the government. I respect those that want to hold onto their culture. I'm just sayin', if you want to hold onto it, do it in a place that's not going to get yourselves killed (again). Don't be suicidal, learn the lessons that so many people died to teach you.