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Even a man who won a Nobel at 37 can get flustered by the flood that overwhelms his In boxes. "My desk, my chairs, my floors are cluttered," says Baltimore, who at 67 still plays a big role in biomedical research. He copes like the rest of us: "You have a hierarchy of what's important, like your family, your dog, your friends, your students." As for lesser matters? "Those you let sit in the pile and see if they go away...
...Actually, my flash of optimism came after reading Rising Tide [John Barry's book about the Mississippi flood of 1927]. Have you read it? I had a sense that if you didn't have New Orleans, you'd have to create one. Because of the requirements of commerce, where it's at on the river and so forth. So it's not a question of whether New Orleans comes back, it's how New Orleans comes back...
...There's a personal accountability issue here. Absent something like a flood where you're actually forced out of your house I don't think it's unreasonable to think that folk should be able to last [on their own] for maybe 48, 72 hours. If you run a nursing home that is six floors high in an area with 90% humidity and 90 degrees, [should] you have an emergency generator that only lasts 10 hours? I mean, have we come to the state in this country where all of a sudden the absence of electricity is a disaster...
...Actually, my flash of optimism came after reading Rising Tide [John Barry's book about the Mississippi flood of 1927]. Have you read it? I had a sense that if you didn't have New Orleans, you'd have to create one. Because of the requirements of commerce, where it's at on the river and so forth. So it's not a question of whether New Orleans comes back, it's how New Orleans comes back...
...There's a personal accountability issue here. Absent something like a flood where you're actually forced out of your house I don't think it's unreasonable to think that folk should be able to last [on their own] for maybe 48, 72 hours. If you run a nursing home that is six floors high in an area with 90% humidity and 90 degrees, [should] you have an emergency generator that only lasts 10 hours? I mean, have we come to the state in this country where all of a sudden the absence of electricity is a disaster...