Katrina-- sorry

[Conrad Hoffsommer]

At 23:31 8/31/2005, you wrote:
>Did something similar in Seattle...but it wouldn't be the same New Orleans...
>
>David I.
>
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>From: Thomas Cole <tcole@cruzio.com>
> >My retired, 4th-grade-teacher wife instructs me that during the Calif.
> >gold rush, the seaport of Sacramento was built next to the river of the
> >same name. Some time later the river overflowed its banks, and to
> >prevent a reoccurrence, the residents and merchants brought in massive
> >amounts of dirt, raised the level of the entire city and built anew on
> >top of the old structures.


My lonely braincell recalls that the city of Mobile, AL got that name 
because it just plain picked up and moved.  Of course, it was a lot easier 
to do that in the 1800s.



Conrad Hoffsommer

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