Carl Denk wrote:
> I don't think New Orleans is a or previously volcanic region.
                               ^^^^
.... speaking of bad language

I think part of the problem is people don't even bother to look over what
they wrote anymore.  Just bang it out and hit enter.  Nobody is expecting
perfection, but there is little excuse for the real obvious stuff a quick
look-over would have found.

> That's
> the mouth of the Mississippi river, and the terrain is flat, with any
> terrain more than 1000' above sea level maybe 500 miles away. I would
> think the main soil/rock type being sedimentary.

I took Joe's comment to be referring to natural disasters in general.  In
the case of New Orleans, the gotcha is hurricanes and the floods they cause=
..

Probably many cities are vulnerable if you look well past human lifespans.
How many major world cities would not expect to see a significant natural
disaster in a 1000 years?  Certainly not San Francisco, Los Angeles, Naples=
,
or Tokyo.

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