Jim,

I assume you are referencing the history presentation in the church. It 
was a most cogent explanation of the levee & flood situation over 
hundreds of years of history, let alone recent events and is the sort of 
information that needs wider exposure to the world-at-large. It was also 
interesting that the geography, hydrography etc. was tied in w/ the 
architectural precedents (seems the flood surviveable historical 
architectureof the Lower 9 & Holy Cross was influenced by the French 
accumulation of building-materials technique derived from their 
colonization experience, and in effect went back centuries into tropical 
cultural building techniques). If Mr. Dillard came to talk in Houston it 
would certainly help folks there understand why folks from NOLA are not 
moving home so quickly and cld help reduce some of the animosity that 
has developed. The apartment rental industry in Houston has been hit 
hard due to the fact that the govt. does not pay up very well for the 
rental units. Add to that increased crime & there is a strong 
anti-refuge feeling in Houston.

David Dillard, AIA has twenty three years in the practice of 
architecture, specializing in design, historic restoration, forensic 
investigation and computer aided design and modeling.  He is a graduate 
of the Mississippi State University School of Architecture and graduate 
student in the Tulane University Department of Historic Preservation.  
He is a member of the Vieux Carré Commission Architectural Review Committee.

Try Tulane or contact Betsy at the PTN office (check www.iptw.org for 
contact info).

We are fortunate through serendipity to have most of Rudy's Thursday 
talk on vid though Rudy can't go to Houston w/out me cause I can't have 
two brothers in the same town at the same time w/out being there. So if 
you want Rudy to visit & yammer in Houston you got to figure on 
sponsorship for two bohunks. Besides, he needs somebody to stand by w/ a 
ready pillow. Note: Rudy did not hit you up to pay off my gambling debts 
too did he?

During Mr. Dillard's presentation, of which I was sitting front & 
center, I nodded off and Jim nudged me in the ribs. Man, these events 
wear you out something terrible and sitting is not the most convenient 
activity. Then, my cell phone rang. The schedule & map for the event, 
there was a whole lot of walking (I had a real nice walk in the rain w/ 
Roy Underhill wqhere he got to see the Captain's houses for the first 
time), was sticking out of my back pocket and when I stood up it hooked 
on the back of the folding metal chair. The chair came up with me in one 
quick motion and I fell from it on my ass on the floor in the middle of 
Mr. Dillard's presentation. I then got up and went in to the foyer to 
answer the call... I was told I am TOO LOUD on the cell phone... the 
call was for the last invite to tour the levees w/ the fellow from the 
Corp of Engineers. The two presentations would have gone really well 
together but I had to turn down the tour if I wanted to hear the end of 
Mr. Dillard's presentation. Keep in mind that during these events I 
rarely if ever actually sit through any presentations... and I guess I 
cld not resist not sitting through this one either. Good thing the PTN 
pre-event troops had put the floor back in place for me to do a bit of 
demonstrable assina on it!

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Rudy Christian wrote:

>Jim,
>
>I did a talk on Thursday that Ken's referring to which was supposed to be
>repeated Saturday but the wind was too strong to set up in the tent so the
>repeat didn't happen.
>
>Rudy
>

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