0
This phrase refers to the practice of keeping axes and other tools and supplies in the attic to chop a hole in the roof to climb out of a house in the event of a catastrophic flood, i.e., Hurricane Katrina.
Wiki User
∙ 8y ago
Add your answer:
Earn +20 pts
Why would the people of new Orleans keep axes in the attics?
It is a precaution that people who live in flood risk areas take--keeping an axe handy in the attic-- so they can hack their way to the roof in case rising flood waters trap them under the eaves.
What does the phrase axes in the attic mean to the people of new Orleans?
This phrase refers to the practice of keeping axes and other tools and supplies in the attic to chop a hole in the roof to climb out of a house in the event of a catastrophic flood, i.e., Hurricane Katrina.
Why do people use axes?
To cut wood.
What tools did people use in Jesus' time?
Axes, adzes, chisels, hammers, crude saws would all have been common then.
What are some medieval tools and weapons?
People were poor and common people would use simple weapons when their Lord called them to war. Many would take their Axes, large hammers and long knives .
What tools did mesolithic people use?
Axes, bows and arrows, and spheres
How do you draw an abiatic line on a graph?
That depends on what you have chosen for the axes. If one of the axes is enthalpy, then an adiabatic line would be a straight line perpendicular to that axis.
What were some of the tools the cheyenne would use and need?
they would need knives axes
How can you use axes in a sentence?
The axes
What weapons did people in the stone age use?
axes, sharpened sticks, arrows
What do aviators call the three axes?
Well the three axes for an airplane are known as the vertical axes (which governs the yaw of the plane), the Longitudinal axes (govenrs the roll of the plane), at the lateral axes (govenrs the pitch)
What kind of weapons did Paleolithic people have?
Paleolithic people used weapons made of stone. They had axes, spears and knives.
