Posted On: June 1, 2006, 9:03 am CDT

Posted By: Jon

Hurricane Katrina was one of the most horrible hurricanes to ever hit the United States. People have lost their lives. Lost their homes. Lost everything.

So, after experiencing this, and knowing that more hurricanes are going to hit New Orleans JUST like Hurricane Katrina, might I ask what the point in rebuilding it is?

You can preserve culture anywhere else in the world. A safer place. Somewhere that doesn't have to worry about massive weather events such as this one. Of course it won't be the same... but... you have to balance this out. Your culture moving somewhere else, or, your life ceasing to exist.

Personally, I didn't know about the risk of hurricanes hitting New Orleans and causing this type of damage. I think, actually, a lot of people didn't know. But now that everyone in America does, everyone in the world does, let's change this. Let's get the hell away from there... and any other place that has such a big risk of lost lives.

California is another example of this. Everybody knows that the San Andreas fault runs directly down the middle of the state of California. Everyone knows that there's going to be a massive earthquake there. Everyone knows that it's going to happen very soon, especially basing this off what we've seen with the recent spur of tsnuamis. Yet, I haven't seen anybody move. Nobody cares. Nobody cares until all of a sudden, one day, Los Angeles is a steaming pile of rubble. Millions are dead. Millions are injured and homeless. And then, when the world sees it, everyone gathers around and says," Why did God do this to us?"

God did this to you? No. God had nothing to do with it. You chose to live there so you suffer the consequences.

Granted, just about anywhere in your world has its downsides. For example, moving to the North Eastern section of America. It's very cold there during the Winters. But, are there Hurricanes like Katrina? No. Is there the posibility of an Earthquake occuring that will split New York in half? Not really. The odds of tornados are extremely low.

So, there you go. A perfect place to move to. New York. Again, balance it out. Cold weather or no life.

I don't find any of this to be harsh. I'm sure i'll get plenty of great feedback saying what a moron I am for saying things like this.

But now, there are no excuses. There are no reasons. If it happens again, it's nobodys fault but the people who chose to live there, or anywhere else like this. So, the choice is yours.

And when the next major hurricane is cascading up off the shores of Mexico towards New Orleans AGAIN, I'll be sitting in my home, in New York, cold... but safe.