Boat launches and rescue infrastructure
In one of many Current TV pods marking the third anniversary of Hurricane Katrina, Jared Arsement documents a volunteer effort to rescue those stranded in New Orleans using an army of citizen owned and operated flat-bottom boats. Arsement observes something a few moments into the story that caught my attention:
“…it’s an interesting situation to try to launch boats into an area that doesn’t have boat launches to go into because it’s not a body of water, it’s a city.”
Is this something we should be discussing for our coastal cities? Do we need to emplace boat launches in potential flood zones in cities like Corpus Christi, Mobile, or even New York? Or will freeway on- and off-ramps serve our purposes for the next few decades?
Is anybody thinking about other types of rescue infrastructure?
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