Re: OT: Is New Orleans finished ?


"Pooh Bear" <rabbitsfriendsandrelations@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> Richard Henry wrote:
>
> > "James Morrison" <spam1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> > news:1125514076.5051.15.camel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > > On Wed, 2005-08-31 at 17:36 +0100, Pooh Bear wrote:
> > > > Much of NO is below sea level.
> > > <snip>
> > > > Is it realistic to 'rebuild' - given that the same thing could
happen
> > > > any time ?
> > > >
> > > > Even if it is rebuilt which insurer would ever cover you ?
> > > >
> > > > Even NO's mayor has said '*if* it is rebuilt' ! He seems pretty
> > > > shellshocked by it all btw.
> > >
> > > I've had these same questions. Being Canadian, I'm a bit further
> > > removed from this devastation. It truly is incredible, horrific,
> > > unbelievable, ... There really isn't the right word to describe it.
> > >
> > > I know the people who live there will feel attached to the place, as
> > > would any one else who had a home, community, city wiped out. But
> > > you've got to think that this will turn out to be a modern-day
Atlantis
> > > and the city will simply cease to exist. I have no idea how this gets
> > > handled and where all the people go. But I just don't think it makes
> > > any sense to rebuild.
> > >
> > > Sure people with homes may want to return but what business is going
to
> > > rebuild in the area? Without any economy you can't have a city.
> >
> > Venice.
> >
> > Houseboats.
>
> Even Venice isn't *below* sea level though.
>
> Also it's pretty enough to ensure its tourist economy.

In the long run Venice is sinking and has been for centuries. The solution
has been to rainse the level of the "dry" parts and abandon flooded lower
stories.

New Orleans would be pretty with river- or lake-level canals running
everywhere, and the buildings built up to safe levels on pilings or raised
foundations.

Or houseboats.



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