Looks like it is still a horrible mess down there.
Will they ever get back to the way they were?
2006-08-22 11:50:10 · 11 answers · asked by eddie9551 5 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Geography
Geographically speaking, it's the worst place to have a metro where the earth is below the sea level and there is a great river passing nearby. Add to this the bay witness one of the world's worst weather phenomina, the hurricane. The levies constructed are man made, forget the hurricane, a minor tsunami with very less intensity compared to the recent asian tsunami would completely wipe out the city in few minutes compared to what it took Katrina in few hours.
A new city needs to be developed at a higher ground due to the changing global climate that's leading to harsher summers and global warming which definitely would leads to fiercer hurricanes than the Katrina.
2006-08-23 00:40:04 · answer #1 · answered by Sampath K 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No. The levees and infrastructure in New Orleans was cheated and short-shifted for 50 or more years. Unless the Army Corps of Engineers and FEMA bite the bullet and actually invest properly, there will be no new New Orleans.
Mississippi, Texas and Louisiana all got hit hard by Katrina. All three are not progressing well. We should be following the lead of the Dutch on protecting low-lying areas or just admit defeat and abandon them altogether. This build-at-your-own-risk policy is both irresponsible and failure prone.
2006-08-22 20:36:59 · answer #2 · answered by nora22000 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
of course they are recovering right now but like skin it will always be scared. (the history of Katrina will always be a bad event to all the locals living New Orleans ans Mississippi) so said they will never move back, but living there will be a risk that some people have to take.
2006-08-22 19:03:03 · answer #3 · answered by trentd_c 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, but I think they may possibly be better than before. Like a storm that knocks down the weaker trees in the forest. That may sound cold, but bad and run down neighborhoods may be rebuilt or just paved over. It will be better for many of those occupants to get out of those areas anyway. Like in Chicago, the residents of gang infested public housing compained when they had to be relocated to differnet areas as they bulldozed the buildings, when in fact they are much better off for it.
2006-08-22 20:01:16 · answer #4 · answered by TG Special 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The only way it will ever recover is if people stop blaming the government for everything that went wrong and start doing something to help.
2006-08-22 21:35:44 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It won't be like it was, but they will recover. Nothing is ever the same after a disaster, personal or public. People expect too much.
2006-08-22 18:56:22 · answer #6 · answered by desotobrave 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is going to take some time. It may recover but the effects will be longlasting.
2006-08-22 19:25:48 · answer #7 · answered by liker_of_minnesota 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
not in my lifetime - we lost too much - hopefully in a couple of generations the trees will become a descent size, our hearts will have hopefully been lessened of the burden of the loss of our loved ones, and the agony of rebuilding will becoming to an end.
2006-08-22 19:02:47 · answer #8 · answered by coolbeans 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They will rebuild but it will never be the same. And the people will have to depend on themselves, scratch the govt.
2006-08-22 19:26:13 · answer #9 · answered by Annie R 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes
2006-08-22 18:55:55 · answer #10 · answered by ? 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋