Should New Orleans be rebuilt?
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Brew Guy wishes he was icefishing...
ANSWERS: 11
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i don'T think so, a new tornado might just come and pop-up, then we would need to rebuild it again and again...
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I don't think it was built in a good spot in the first place. They built it in a hole surrounded by water, and somehow they didn't expect anything bad to happen.
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Rebuild it in a different safer place altogether.
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rebuild it outside of Salt Lake City. shake them Mormons up.
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The parts that are on high ground (which didn't take that much damage in the first place), yes -- like the French Quarter, for example. The rest of it, no. The federal government should buy the land (because I don't trust the state to buy it without re-selling it later on) and condemn it against any future building. Make it a federally protected wetlands preservation area, and stop trying to build in what is essentially a floodplain. New Orleans was a wonderful city, and I spent some of the happiest times of my life there. It is out of love for that city that I say there is no reason to allow it to become the scene of repeated disasters; no reason to allow further heartbreak from future disasters; no reason to allow people and investors to put themselves at risk which we, the taxpayers, will eventually wind up paying for.
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yes, but planned this time, so that future hurricane do not wipe it out.
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Like how Galveston was rebuilt, they ought to dredge sand and earth onto every part of New Orleans below 10 feet above sea level, raise the buildings on jacks, pylons, etc., and remove them as soon as the dredging is complete. If we were able to do that to Galveston (at the turn of the last century), then we ought to do the same to New Orleans.
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G'day Brew Guy, Thank you for your question. Yes, it should. It has been one of America's leading port cities for centuries and continued to play a leading role today. It is the link between the sea and North America's largest river. The problems in 2005 were caused by poor design and maintenance of the levees. The hard lessons should be learnt as with Galveston earlier. San Francisco was rebuilt after the earthquake and Chicago after the fire. New Orleans should be rebuilt after Hurricane Katrina. I have attached sources for your reference. Regards Wikipedia New Orleans http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Orleans Washington Post http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/10/23/AR2005102301200.html Effect of Hurricane Katrina on New Orleans http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Effect_of_Hurricane_Katrina_on_New_Orleans#_note-17 Independent Levee Investigation Report http://www.ce.berkeley.edu/~new_orleans/
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Yes it should. Holland has never been flooded because they have the best dike(Levee) system in the world. We could learn from them and build a first rate levee system in New Orleans. The Federal and State governments should update the levee system no matter what the cost . New Orleans is an important cultural center and should remain there. There just does not seem to be enough national concern about this matter.There is lots of talk and little action.
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Yes....The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers built it not just a little flawed,but rediculously flawed.Maybe it is a conspiracy.Maybe they did it on purpose.Costs alot less than trying to buy everyone out,just wait patiently for a measly class 3 hurricane to hit and whaLa..Thiers for the taking.Maybe the government wanted the land precisely because it has been one of America's leading port cities for centuries.It is the link between the sea and North America's largest river.There is money to be made there,and where the money is,conspiracy,the government and large corporations are soon to follow.Just a theory...lol Power to the People!
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Does the United States need oil? Does the rest of the world need grain? Do the people in Ohio and the rest of the Midwest need steel, coal and other raw materials from other countries? If the answer is "no", then, you damn fools, New Orleans better be saved.
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