Save New Orleans. DO IT NOW. [View All]

[Triana]

From a friend:

Hey all,

Sorry to be the whiny bitch in the corner who's city got destroyed, but I never send this stuff out, so you know I mean it. From what I understand, debate starts tomorrow in Congress on the funding for the New Orleans levee system. Remember those levees that were supposed to be Category 3 protection, but broke under Category 1 and 2 conditions and killed 1,000 people? Yeah, those. Anyway, New Orleans is never going to come back without Category 5 levees. No more Mardi Gras, Jazz Fest, Bourbon Street, jambalaya, jazz in the streets, and, ya know, my hometown. Without the levees, no one will feel safe enough to return. Without people and businesses, New Orleans becomes a shell of a city, a tourist trap for the people who want to see a disaster up close. A dead American city. We have the power to stop this. Trust me, I worked in a Congressional office, we get pissy if we get enough calls because you people are annoying to talk to, and just to make you shut up, we get things done. This needs to get done. If New Orleans dies, a little bit of that is on all of us, because we let it.

The first link below is all the big boys on the pertinent committees. ANNOY THEM!. Then go to http://www.senate.gov, and http://www.house.gov, and annoy your local representatives. Then pick out some more that you just don't like, and annoy them. Then send this to all of your friends (enemies, too, we're not picky) and get them to do the same.

The bottom link is an editorial in the Sunday Times about what's in store for New Orleans if nothing happens. It's true, and it's what every person who's ever fallen in love with the city is fearing. It's a good read.

Sorry again about this. I don't mean to impose, but we need you guys now more than ever.

Thanks all and happy holidays!

- E


http://www.nola.com/news/t-p/editorials/index.ssf?/news/content/congress112005.html

http://www.nytimes.com/2005/12/11/opinion/11sun1.html