Craig Colten
Craig Colten
component human national
It demonstrated the inadequacies of the human component on a national level.
dakota drive fuel louisiana north people sacrificed
Louisiana has sacrificed its coastline so those people in North Dakota can have fuel oil, so they can drive their vehicles.
means rebuilding walls
Rebuilding here means so much more than walls and roofs and levees.
areas lowest
The lowest of the low areas probably shouldn't be redeveloped,
canada group moved moving precedent uprooted vietnamese
The Cajuns uprooted from Canada and moved as a group to Louisiana. Vietnamese communities have reassembled after moving much farther. There is precedent for doing this,
takes
The whole thing takes a long, long time.
areas collect flood lower places retention
We need to use some of these lower areas as flood retention areas, as places to collect the hazards.
darn good homes lower talk
We shouldn't talk about bulldozing the Lower 9th Ward. There are some homes that are still in pretty darn good shape,