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*KK* · 09-02-2005

The Army Corps has a 15 year plan to rebuild the levees as it stands. While the levees themselves were a good idea at the time - especially during the WPA era when jobs were needed more than anything else, the long term planning on the current levee system just wasn't there. The levees were not designed to withstand the wind and water force that they've taken this time around, mostly due to the fact that the Corp didn't realize the way they built the levees, did the deep water dredging and some other things for the oil and gas people would leave the barrier islands and marshes in a constant state of erosion and eventually fail to protect the levee system.

I don't think NOLA itself is gone, that's a bit dramatic. It seems that the Garden District, the Quarter a a few other areas that were part of the original city are fairly intact, probably due to the fact that they were higher ground in the beginning.

Moving the city up the river isn't a very viable option, imo, more due to the fact that the Port of New Orleans is THE single busiest portage in this country, even more so than the other LA port, Los Angeles. You've also got to account for a huge homeless population, a large portion of which lives well below the poverty level in the best of times -- where are they going to go? Who will take them in? What will they do? They are qualified for manual labor at best. No skills, little education, typical of the region. Send them to Mississippi or Alabama? Hell, those states have their own problems, the only reason you don't hear so much about it is because their problems centered around Monday, not the rest of the week.

The stupidest mistake in the situation is one of two things -- the failure of FEMA or whoever was in charge of levee damage problems OR the failure of the federal government to send in regular military forces before the situation got out of hand.

I'm ashamed and embarassed to see one of THE historical cities in America, one that has survived time and time again, turn into something that rivals civil unrest and war in third world countries. Just unreal.

09-02-2005	#30
KK Members Respin bullshit press Your Comments Are Welcomed Join Date: Nov 2002 Posts: 2,581	Re: Is New Orleans a write-off? The Army Corps has a 15 year plan to rebuild the levees as it stands. While the levees themselves were a good idea at the time - especially during the WPA era when jobs were needed more than anything else, the long term planning on the current levee system just wasn't there. The levees were not designed to withstand the wind and water force that they've taken this time around, mostly due to the fact that the Corp didn't realize the way they built the levees, did the deep water dredging and some other things for the oil and gas people would leave the barrier islands and marshes in a constant state of erosion and eventually fail to protect the levee system. I don't think NOLA itself is gone, that's a bit dramatic. It seems that the Garden District, the Quarter a a few other areas that were part of the original city are fairly intact, probably due to the fact that they were higher ground in the beginning. Moving the city up the river isn't a very viable option, imo, more due to the fact that the Port of New Orleans is THE single busiest portage in this country, even more so than the other LA port, Los Angeles. You've also got to account for a huge homeless population, a large portion of which lives well below the poverty level in the best of times -- where are they going to go? Who will take them in? What will they do? They are qualified for manual labor at best. No skills, little education, typical of the region. Send them to Mississippi or Alabama? Hell, those states have their own problems, the only reason you don't hear so much about it is because their problems centered around Monday, not the rest of the week. The stupidest mistake in the situation is one of two things -- the failure of FEMA or whoever was in charge of levee damage problems OR the failure of the federal government to send in regular military forces before the situation got out of hand. I'm ashamed and embarassed to see one of THE historical cities in America, one that has survived time and time again, turn into something that rivals civil unrest and war in third world countries. Just unreal.