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Date: May 17, 2006

SH, 5/17/06: L.B.: Don't move campus

Date: May 17, 2006

Is there any chance that the campus can be located elsewhere in Long Beach (much farther away from the beach)? Rebuilding it in its current location seems a recipe for future disaster.

Date: May 17, 2006

Isn't it possible to build something that would be resistant to even a Category 5? The problem was with the older buildings, no? I thought the library was pretty much okay.

JL

Date: May 17, 2006

Jameela Lares wrote:

Isn't it possible to build something that would be resistant to even a Category 5? The problem was with the older buildings, no? I thought the library was pretty much okay. JL

There is a house on the beach in Long Beach which was occupied during Katrina by an architect and his wife. He knew that his house would stand, and it did. It's probably just more expensive to build a category 5 resistant building, but not impossible.

By the way, that library was built on a large part by "Mexican" immigrants.

Viva La Raza!

Date: May 17, 2006

The Gulf Coast Library did quite well given the circumstances. It is all a matter of elevation.

Date: May 17, 2006

Mexican Mississippian wrote:

Jameela Lares wrote:
There is a house on the beach in Long Beach which was occupied during Katrina by an architect and his wife. He knew that his house would stand, and it did. It's probably just more expensive to build a category 5 resistant building, but not impossible.
By the way, that library was built on a large part by "Mexican" immigrants.
Viva La Raza!

Mexican Mississippian--Which house do you refer to above? I've been down hwy 90 quite a few times since the storm, and everything is wrecked or just plain gone. I don't see how anyone could have suvived being on beach road in that storm. No matter how strong you house is, when it is underwater, you're in trouble.

Date: May 17, 2006

qwerty wrote:

Mississippian--Which house do you refer to above? I've been down hwy 90 quite a few times since the storm, and everything is wrecked or just plain gone. I don't see how anyone could have suvived being on beach road in that storm. No matter how strong you house is, when it is underwater, you're in trouble.

The house in question is just to the east of the intersection of 90 and South Island View. It is owned by a builder, Jim Savage. He built the house after his parent’s home on the lot was destroyed by Camile in 69. Jim and his wife stayed in the house (a 2 story) but had to retreat into the attic to get above the surge. If the surge had been 3 or more feet higher, as it was around Pass Christian, they would not have made it. The inside of the house has to be completely rebuilt but the frame and outside cinderblock walls still stand.