Re: New Orleans and LVT

>> None of those people are _entitlted_ to practicing their craft within
>> New Orleans.


>That was not the point. The claim was made that that only landowners would
>suffer.


Right. And I pointed out that the people you mentioned are not
entitled to practice their craft within New Orleans. Therefore, they
are not suffering in that sense.

>>>Further the country as a whole will suffer because New Orleans will just be
>>>abandoned.

>> The country as a whole will suffer if we spend $200 billion of taxpayer
>> money to rebuild a city that's prone to flooding.


>That's true. But the $200 Billion is for the whole area including Ms.

The vast majority of it is for New Orleans.


>> I don't believe that's alwayst the case, at least not in the event of
>> natural disasters. If a tornado picks up a car and lauches it into a
>> house a few blocks away, the owner of the car typically is not
>> responsible for damages to the house.



>But in this case the levies were there specificly to protect against floods.

They were designed to withstand Category 3 hurricanes. All indications
are that they met this design spec. Unfortunately, Katrina was a Cat 4
when she made landfall.


>> IMO, the Federal gov't has an obligation to rescue people who are in
>> danger due to a natural disaster. It does not have any obligation to
>> rebuild private property.



>I don't think so either. It makes some sort of loans. But there is a question
>on whether it has an obligation of damage caused by its structures that failed
>and whether it has an obligation to rebuild them.

Negative on both counts.

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