[StBernard] Many in coastal La. want out

[Westley Annis]

I'd settle for a small lake at this point.  MsSimms


> -----------------------------------------------------

> "St. Bernard Parish President Henry "Junior" Rodriguez called the pullback

> from coastal areas a "knee-jerk reaction." He predicted residents

eventually

> will be lured back: "People are infatuated with water. They love to be

near

> water." --Junior Rodriguez (The Associated Press). 

> 

> **I bet if you poll the majority who were in the storm, I would say that

> this "truth statement" is false. After Katrina, people have had all the

> water they needed up until now. Two things reach the minds of those who

> "love water". One, they love to ski, boat, camp, and collect seafood

(living

> or by food necessity). Secondly, if one is not subject to this statement,

> they will be labeled "ignorant/stupid" or unable to comprehend safety or

> perhaps risk financial ruin or increased insurances, etc.

> 

> Wanting to live in coastal areas is a risk to many. If one chooses to do

so,

> accepts risk as a way of life. That's because "People" also include those

> under 18, the elderly and the disabled. Therefore, this statement,

> "knee-jerk reaction" is premature, ludicrous and dumb.

> 

> Somehow, some of us chose to continue back as a necessity, livelihood or

> unable to transplant oneself. That's a personal decision of course. So,

I'll

> qualify why people feel a need to continue. But, loving the "water" after

> being "force-fed 10-20 feet of swamp/oil water/contamination is not an

> acceptable condition for returning.

> 

> --jer--