new orleans-related bits.

racism: “finding” vs. “looting”

on rebuilding new orleans:
Advantages to floating megacity
Now flood-proof, this won't happen again in 25 year intervals
Becomes a port city, handles more importing/exporting
Practice for future waterworld cities after ice caps melt
Riverboat gambling laws apply to entire city!
Take that Japan! We get the future city first.

Disadvantages
Seasickness
Lake Pontchartrain becomes very very dirty
The most expensive thing ever built, ever.

metroblogging new orleans
Shock: Complete change of life in twelve little hours? Yeah, that counts as shock in my book.