A New Orleans
Maybe New Orleans can brand itself as a trailer city.
So visitors who come can experience what's it like to stay in trailers instead of hotel rooms.
I read with sympathy the bleak Christmas most residents at New Orleans are going to have. Shops are having a hard time resuming business and people are living off trailers and hotel rooms paid for by the government. Rebuilding efforts are slow because it takes too much to accomodate for protective barriers. Tourists are few.
I wonder how would everyone feel if they realise the trailer is going to be their home for the rest of their lives.
It may not be the wisest decision, but imagine the branding of a city as one with abundant trailers. The way Las Vegas is a casino-cabaret show branded state, New Orleans could take on a new branding, that will draw visitors back and dilute the unrestored state of a previously glorious city. So instead of focusing on how this was a disaster zone, turn it to their advantage and make it an important place to come and experience something not found in any other states.
That is, with reliable weather forecasts in place.
The point is, with technology and strict monitoring I am sure people can be informed if they should prepare to evacuate the region in light of an impending hurricane. So teams of school children can choose to shorten their geography expedition and steer to safety ground. I remembered reading vaguely that most people there knew something like that would strike, but still refuse to leave their hometown. Their loyalty is admirable but given the experience of Katrina, I hope many have wisened up and sufficient infrastructure is in place for these people to evacuate.
Now either the new branding, or get down to building quality homes and hurricane shelters. The way bomb shelters work. Every home should prepare for a hurricane shelter. Those who live in high rise should have a communal hurricane shelter located near their apartments. So people hide underground and wait till the wrath is over. I'm not sure if technically it can be done, or will water seep underground and drown people in the hollows. Is there no way to safeguard oneself against hurricanes other than leeves which can only serve to lessen the impact but not protect entirely?
I don't know, but my heart goes out to all the victims from this disaster and I seriously hope the world's superpower can devise some intelligent plan soon to solve the problem.
So visitors who come can experience what's it like to stay in trailers instead of hotel rooms.
I read with sympathy the bleak Christmas most residents at New Orleans are going to have. Shops are having a hard time resuming business and people are living off trailers and hotel rooms paid for by the government. Rebuilding efforts are slow because it takes too much to accomodate for protective barriers. Tourists are few.
I wonder how would everyone feel if they realise the trailer is going to be their home for the rest of their lives.
It may not be the wisest decision, but imagine the branding of a city as one with abundant trailers. The way Las Vegas is a casino-cabaret show branded state, New Orleans could take on a new branding, that will draw visitors back and dilute the unrestored state of a previously glorious city. So instead of focusing on how this was a disaster zone, turn it to their advantage and make it an important place to come and experience something not found in any other states.
That is, with reliable weather forecasts in place.
The point is, with technology and strict monitoring I am sure people can be informed if they should prepare to evacuate the region in light of an impending hurricane. So teams of school children can choose to shorten their geography expedition and steer to safety ground. I remembered reading vaguely that most people there knew something like that would strike, but still refuse to leave their hometown. Their loyalty is admirable but given the experience of Katrina, I hope many have wisened up and sufficient infrastructure is in place for these people to evacuate.
Now either the new branding, or get down to building quality homes and hurricane shelters. The way bomb shelters work. Every home should prepare for a hurricane shelter. Those who live in high rise should have a communal hurricane shelter located near their apartments. So people hide underground and wait till the wrath is over. I'm not sure if technically it can be done, or will water seep underground and drown people in the hollows. Is there no way to safeguard oneself against hurricanes other than leeves which can only serve to lessen the impact but not protect entirely?
I don't know, but my heart goes out to all the victims from this disaster and I seriously hope the world's superpower can devise some intelligent plan soon to solve the problem.
posted by Me at 9:56 am
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