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   Posted 9/6/2005 10:02 PM (GMT -5)    Quote This PostAlert An Admin About This Post.
I was just reading on cnn that the Bush administration plans to spend between 30 and 60 billion dollars to rebuild the areas affected by Hurricane Katrina.....not all, but likely most of the funds would go to rebuild NO.
 
Is it WISE to rebuild a town that will likely remain exposed to the same natural threats that caused so much death and destruction, or would it be WISER to rebuild a new town on higher grounds ?
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   Posted 9/6/2005 10:08 PM (GMT -5)    Quote This PostAlert An Admin About This Post.
Yes it is Roberto. They need to replace the levys that will withstand anything and elevate the houses when build. There will be a lot of job opportunities in N.O in the near future.


"Shallow men believe in luck. Strong men believe in cause and effect." -Ralph Waldo Emerson.

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   Posted 9/6/2005 11:42 PM (GMT -5)    Quote This PostAlert An Admin About This Post.
 Being below sea level I think that it's too costly to rebuild and protect from future disasters. It's the next Atlantis.  
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   Posted 9/6/2005 11:59 PM (GMT -5)    Quote This PostAlert An Admin About This Post.
NO WAY,,,
I have thoguth about this EXTENSIVELY!! they need to create a NEW THEME for N.O. Listen,,, when you think of ORLANDO,,,, what do you think of???
 
WALT Frickin DISNEY,,,
 
so why dont we CREATE a SPECIAL retreat that is UNIQUE to N.O. Specific,,,
 
I say we Create the Largest WATERPARK in the country there,,,
 
this would be GREAT,,,, Lets Make sure we SECURE all Levys,,,and Secure Bourbon Streeet,,, that place Rocks,,,
 
we Create a Memorial,,,, and we Create a 50 ACRE Water Park right NEXT io it,,,,,,
 
This Idea is Genius I know,,,, take it in,,and think aobut it before you are Critical,,,
 
all the best
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   Posted 9/7/2005 12:11 AM (GMT -5)    Quote This PostAlert An Admin About This Post.
Only if they come up with a rock solid idea. Just dont rebuild it like it was.
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   Posted 9/7/2005 1:53 AM (GMT -5)    Quote This PostAlert An Admin About This Post.
Of course, the land is too valuable (despite being below sea level.)
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   Posted 9/7/2005 2:24 AM (GMT -5)    Quote This PostAlert An Admin About This Post.
is this a trick question, of course you have to rebuild.


a good capper is only as good as his info.

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   Posted 9/7/2005 9:22 AM (GMT -5)    Quote This PostAlert An Admin About This Post.
will be interesting to see if it is still a below poverty level area after the rebuild...
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   Posted 9/7/2005 6:44 PM (GMT -5)    Quote This PostAlert An Admin About This Post.
RPM said...
will be interesting to see if it is still a below poverty level area after the rebuild...


Well that will now be spread out across the US.
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   Posted 9/7/2005 7:24 PM (GMT -5)    Quote This PostAlert An Admin About This Post.
tate.... please tell me that you know what N.O is known for. Atleast to a younger crowd.


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   Posted 9/8/2005 5:57 AM (GMT -5)    Quote This PostAlert An Admin About This Post.
off course it will still be poverish..the south is far worse off with poverty, don't ask me why....just seems like a lot more broke people down south, or in Vegas, depending on how the football capping season is going
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   Posted 9/8/2005 4:44 PM (GMT -5)    Quote This PostAlert An Admin About This Post.
Should it ? No, Will it ? yes. Same thing we do everytime there is flooding on the Mississippi River. Gov. comes in pays people to rebuild in a flood zone , 5 years later another flood hits, another check is written. TAX dollars hard at work.
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   Posted 9/8/2005 5:06 PM (GMT -5)    Quote This PostAlert An Admin About This Post.
even though the city is built in a soup bowl, i feel you still have to rebuild the city JW.


a good capper is only as good as his info.

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   Posted 9/8/2005 5:23 PM (GMT -5)    Quote This PostAlert An Admin About This Post.
I understand Bigboy, but the logic just dlesn't make sense? If you didn't have the government to bail you out and you built a house in a flood plain and it flooded, would you really be stupid enough to build it in the same place again? NO is a little different becuase they may be able to protect it.
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   Posted 9/8/2005 5:27 PM (GMT -5)    Quote This PostAlert An Admin About This Post.
JW, do you think they should have rebuilt FL. then. there are more canes down there than in N.O.


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   Posted 9/8/2005 5:32 PM (GMT -5)    Quote This PostAlert An Admin About This Post.
I happen to share JW common sense....no, it shouldn't be rebuilt where it was, or it will happen again. Maybe not soon, but it will.

A week ago I went to see a new development just south of Miami. Nice community, nice houses, some 600 feet from the beach. Elevation has been brought from 7 to 11 feet (new building rules after Andrew came thru in 1992).

After seeing what happened in Mississipi I thought to myself that 11 feet are not enough, and that area could be simply washed away if a 25 feet surge comes in.

Common sense vs. laws....the latter prevail but will hardly prevent new disasters to happen.
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   Posted 9/8/2005 5:35 PM (GMT -5)    Quote This PostAlert An Admin About This Post.
It is a mute point since it is going to be rebuilt, But in both cases I do have an issue with americans that choose to live in places that are not high risk areas having to insure those that do live in high risk areas.
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   Posted 9/9/2005 12:35 AM (GMT -5)    Quote This PostAlert An Admin About This Post.
probably not... but if San fran went down to rubbles in an earthquake they would rebuild it, I think with the proper levy(sp) it would work.
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   Posted 9/9/2005 7:02 AM (GMT -5)    Quote This PostAlert An Admin About This Post.

 

 

  No ! It's a wonder the place doesn't get wiped out every 30-50 years ! Too many factors against it... below sea level, coastal, and in a hurricane zone.

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