Emergency housing

[Janet Snow]

Not really wanting to get in the middle of this but I do have a couple of 
comments:

Keep in mind that a lot (if not most) of these homes were built years ago 
before
there were building codes.

Americans are cocky enough to think of themselves as indestructible and 
above "god's wrath".  Events like these hurricanes go to show us that we are 
no better than the rest of the world.


>From: RoConroy at aol.com
>       People, in most cases, are required to have a building permit and
>inspection to protect public safety in the case of electrical and plumbing
>installation, which I don't hear any arguement from you on, but to build 
>20' below the
>level of an adjacent lake, once it has been proven that the levi system 
>used
>to hold the waters back is totally inadequate, is the epitamy of stupidity.
>Of course, there are probably those like yourself, who probably  think that 
>the
>next generation of U.S. children should pay for a new New Orleans levi
>system, which would take at least 12 years and 200 billion to build.
  < snip >

>      Bob