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re: Why does Florida just kick our arse in post hurricane recovery?
Posted on 10/13/26 at 4:03 pm to Saintsisit
Posted on 10/13/26 at 4:03 pm to Saintsisit
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I'm in St Charles Parish and Ida was still damn near a Cat 4 when it came through and it stayed for hours. Can't compare the 2 storms.
Sure you can compare the two storms.
At landfall Ida winds were increasing as the hurricane intensified to 150 mph, tied with other hurricanes as the strongest on record to hit La. Ida remained a major hurricane for 8 hours after landfall. 8 hours!
Compare Isaias and it’s not close. It was weakening and winds were only 105 mph when it made landfall. It rapidly weakened.
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Posted on 10/13/26 at 4:08 pm to BadatBourre
A couple of explanations.
1. Nature - Coastal Lousiana is nearly flat for a long way inland and sits on mud.
Florida Panhandle is higher with land steepening faster and sits on limestone.
2. Expectation of Populations- Coastal Louisiana is populated by local people who expect little and are unwilling to pay for better because better is unlikely.
Florida Panhandle also has low-expectation people, but out-of-state retirees expect more, insist on it when choosing politicians and can afford the tax costs because of good pensions.
1. Nature - Coastal Lousiana is nearly flat for a long way inland and sits on mud.
Florida Panhandle is higher with land steepening faster and sits on limestone.
2. Expectation of Populations- Coastal Louisiana is populated by local people who expect little and are unwilling to pay for better because better is unlikely.
Florida Panhandle also has low-expectation people, but out-of-state retirees expect more, insist on it when choosing politicians and can afford the tax costs because of good pensions.
Posted on 10/13/26 at 4:18 pm to BadatBourre
I’m glad you’re not basing this on Katrina… 
This post was edited on 10/13/26 at 4:21 pm
Posted on 10/13/26 at 4:19 pm to BadatBourre
quote:I say this as someone born and bred (but who left) Louisiana: the average IQ simply has to be lower in the state. This would seem to manifest itself in mediocrity and corruption at every level.
Why does Florida just kick our arse in post hurricane recovery?
Posted on 10/13/26 at 4:23 pm to Tree_Fall
Florida has 1000 miles of sand beach shoreline that is both hurricane endangered and a vital coastal tourism economy. Their beach economy is roughly 135 billion a year.
LAs entire economy is under 300 billion.
Getting coastal beach houses back up and running is extremely vital to FL and those are the places worst hit every time. It’s in their interest to prioritize it.
LA has practically no coastline like that. So we don’t prioritize the places that get hit the hardest. We prioritize places 50-100 miles away from the coast because this is what drives our economy.
So yeah. Your house in Cocodrie went 3 weeks with no power.
But the plants were up and running quickly.
It is what it is. Random neighborhoods in Abbeville aren’t an economic driver. Whole swaths of condos along 30A are.
LAs entire economy is under 300 billion.
Getting coastal beach houses back up and running is extremely vital to FL and those are the places worst hit every time. It’s in their interest to prioritize it.
LA has practically no coastline like that. So we don’t prioritize the places that get hit the hardest. We prioritize places 50-100 miles away from the coast because this is what drives our economy.
So yeah. Your house in Cocodrie went 3 weeks with no power.
But the plants were up and running quickly.
It is what it is. Random neighborhoods in Abbeville aren’t an economic driver. Whole swaths of condos along 30A are.
This post was edited on 10/13/26 at 4:27 pm
Posted on 10/13/26 at 4:27 pm to BadatBourre
The whole first page is cute wrong answers
The right answer is something I can’t say here but in a lot of areas in Louisiana the power crews can’t get into certain areas without law enforcement present
The right answer is something I can’t say here but in a lot of areas in Louisiana the power crews can’t get into certain areas without law enforcement present
Posted on 10/13/26 at 4:43 pm to Cheese Grits
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Is that base, or multiplier?
Gross state product.
Posted on 10/13/26 at 4:49 pm to BadatBourre
Are more lines buried in the FL panhandle compared to coastal/rural Louisiana? Honestly have no idea
Posted on 10/13/26 at 4:56 pm to TheOcean
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Desantis
And lots of practice.
Posted on 10/13/26 at 5:10 pm to gaetti15
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You guys in LA have awwwwwfffulllllll infrastructure.
There is a bridge on hwy 308 in Lockport that has been needing work for at least a decade. DOTD finally had to shut it down to traffic. Bridge will be out till next summer.
Meanwhile Florida gets a road washed out and it is back open in a few days.
Posted on 10/13/26 at 5:29 pm to BWHLSU
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Are more lines buried in the FL panhandle compared to coastal/rural Louisiana? Honestly have no idea
Most of the panhandle is 12-15 feet above sea level within 100 yards of shore. The first 40 miles of Louisiana are below 6 feet. Burying utilities in salt-water soaked marsh is not great for maintenance, either.
The geologic difference between the states are the biggest drivers.
Posted on 10/13/26 at 5:37 pm to CAD703X
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NES is 'now' looking into more underground power but its going to take decades to make a dent in that.
Never understood why this isn’t more prominent in South LA. Always assumed it was due to the water table but parts of Metairie have underground utilities.
Posted on 10/13/26 at 5:39 pm to Swagga
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Never understood why this isn’t more prominent in South LA. Always assumed it was due to the water table but parts of Metairie have underground utilities.
Are any of the new neighborhoods doing it?
It is extremely cost prohibitive for most places, especially older neighborhoods, and I'd imagine that cost could be a nonstarter with a populace that is already footing the bill for multiple storm-related infrastructure rebuilds.
Posted on 10/13/26 at 6:29 pm to MoarKilometers
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Gross state product.
Guessing that rates a multiplier of 2.5x to 5.0x at a minimum.
Posted on 10/13/26 at 8:21 pm to BadatBourre
I’d be curious to see the DEI hires in Florida compared to Louisiana
I doubt there are as many 300lb Quinishas in Florida than there is in the bayou state
I doubt there are as many 300lb Quinishas in Florida than there is in the bayou state
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