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New Orleans
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Originally posted by Tyrone Slothrop
The land doesn't sink, except in movies. It shakes. The shaking is really bad on soft soil, like fill. And it's tough on buildings that aren't up to code. California has been spending a lot of money since 1989 to retrofit buildings so that they will survive a big one. (Loma Prieta was not a big one.)
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More people along the Gulf Coast are from rural areas. Spanky tells us they favor a restricted role for government. I think spanky is saying he thinks that Katrina (is this a Serbian name?) victims deserve what they got.
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