Isn't what we are doing now a waste of time and money when another hurricane would just cause the same disaster all over again?
2006-08-21 07:55:49 · 21 answers · asked by ? 6 in Politics & Government ➔ Other - Politics & Government
No, it's not a waste of time. The levees can never be built to completely protect the city and besides, how many more times will a storm like Katrina hit that particular area? The city has known for a very long time that the right kind of storm could cause devastation like this.
It's the same thing with Florida. You know the big one could hit but why live in fear of it? Same thing with earthquakes along the San Andreas and New Madrid fault lines...
2006-08-21 08:03:16 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
each and all of the levees broken by ability of Katrina have been repaired and bolstered by ability of the summer season of 2006. The levee gadget has been getting a $14 Billion improve that's scheduled to be complete in 2011 or 2012, with greater artwork planned for after that. understand the levee gadget is 330 MILES long. the wear and tear from Katrina grow to be so super that the levee maintenance have been carried out in the previous maximum rebuilding efforts have been even started - happend "de facto". It grow to be no longer real looking to place rebuilding on carry till the levee improve is complete. New Orleans has a inhabitants of only approximately a million,4 hundred,000 so it is not some little city which would be moved or deserted. finally, historical past, shape, lifestyle, and the reality the city is residing house to many all people is frequently suggested while the subject be counted of rebuilding is suggested. besides the shown fact that, those components (at the same time as substantial) are no longer why NOLA is substantial to the the remainder of america. lots of u . s . a .'s serious national infrastructure is in New Orleans and rebuilding could no longer wait till the levee enhancements have been complete.
2016-11-05 07:46:39 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Archeologists will tell you that the greatest cities in the history of civilization could not resist nature. Building a city that requires constant pumping because it's below sea level is just stupid and wasteful. Global warming will only make hurricanes worse and raise the sea level anyway.
I love New Orleans, but nothing should be rebuilt south of the Lake. I grew up in Illinois, and I remember sandbagging year after year trying to keep the Mississippi in its banks. You can't fight nature on this scale and win. You'll just be wasting more money than it would cost to relocate everyone to higher ground.
2006-08-21 08:21:26 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
What is "for good"? Sure, another hurricane of the same magnitude as Katrina will case the same damage again, and New Orleans is sinking into the Gulf of Mexico. It's time to start being realistic, abandon New Orleans for any further residential use, and move the seaport further inland.
2006-08-21 08:07:37 · answer #4 · answered by senior citizen 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Depends on how high you set your home during rebuild. The beaureaucrats say "three feet"; I'd make it ten feet high--with plenty of steel/concrete reinforcements. I also favor the same reinforcements for home walls and roofs. And each home should also carry adjoining garage elevations of at least 8 feet high alongside the homes.
This way, the levees may break, but the rebuilt home is still in place and dry above flood water level. Sure, it's a strange new look for NOLA neighborhoods, but it's one that's safer for homeowners.
2006-08-21 14:46:30 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
You're talking about the United States government here. What a silly question. The conservative Republican government will just have all their friends with the construction businesses come back in a rebuild again. Money for the wealthy off the backs of the taxpayers.
2006-08-21 08:04:30 · answer #6 · answered by Pop D 5 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Isn't that just a bit too logical? After all, those are politicians spending our money! Are they supposed to know when the time is right to do things? Remember, their job is to spend money, lotsa money, because it makes them feel good and believe they are helping.
These politicians aren't people that every had to earn money, they have only learned to spend it. They don't have a clue on how hard it is to earn a paycheck, how can we expect them to know how to put a value on anything?
2006-08-21 08:13:41 · answer #7 · answered by briang731/ bvincent 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you want to. Personally? It's not a destination for me. I really can't see going anywhere in that part of the country. I'm now in what technically is considered southern California and will be out of here at the first opportunity.
2006-08-21 08:03:36 · answer #8 · answered by vanamont7 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
they should just abandon the under sea-level parts, fill them up (or turn them into a national park, or some other memorial) and rebuild in higher ground.
Most of historical new orleans is on higher ground...
2006-08-21 08:05:16 · answer #9 · answered by Ivan F 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
with the atmosphere heating up like hell and the poles melting away, it is a complete waste of money to rebuild N.O. altogether.
In a few years it will be gone anyway.
2006-08-21 08:02:35 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋