Re: Big Easy's Future ??


"El Castor" <justuschickens@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> "Nixon, D" <Nixon.D@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> >
> >
> >Should the city of New Orleans be rebuilt there in the same location as
they
> >are already talking of doing?
> >
> >Seems to me that, if the tens of $Billions of private, insurance, and
> >government funds, are going to be spent in upcoming months/years, they'd
be
> >well advised to relocate most, or all, of the city to higher ground.
> >Several feet below Sea Level is not exactly a divine location;
particularly
> >when that location is right next to the Sea! With the currently modern
> >means of sea-transport and dredging equipments I believe there is a
better
> >way. Maybe they should double the depth of Lake Poncetraine, take all
the
> >lake bed and fill in the sinkhole that is/was New Orleans, the "Big
Easy"!.
> >What do you think?
> >
> >What a pitiful mess they do have there! It sure makes one aware of the
> >fragility of our infrastructure and the impermanence of our communities.
> >I suppose all we can do is hope and pray for their good fortune and send
a
> >few bucks to a good charity.
> >
> >McDave in McMaryland
> >========================================================
> >
> Federal flood insurance should never be offered to someone stupid
> enough to build a house below sea level. Without that insurance, banks
> won't loan money and houses won't get built. It's all up to the Feds.
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That sounds really cruel. How about those that are in the "100-year
Flood Plain" but yet are above sea level???

McDave
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