I have recently read in Time magazine that it is due to the fact that
the city is situated below sea level and another Katrina could wipe out the city and the Govt is concentrating more on relocating its people is it true?
2007-09-23 05:51:19 · 8 answers · asked by Roshan A 1 in Travel ➔ United States ➔ New Orleans
I had to chuckle when I read one of these answers. Some of you want property owners relocated out of New Orleans because it's a floodplain. New Orleans is a major port city that has been around for centuries. It sits strategically near the mouth of the Miss. River, and is vital to this country's day to day operation.
Say they "close" New Orleans. (which ain't gonna happen) No dockworkers, no railworkers, no stevedores, no shipping lines, no grain elevators,...shall I go on? You close this city down, and you bring the country to its knees. Oh, guess where a huge amount of the country's emergency oil reserves are stored? In underground salt domes in South Louisiana (yep. below sea level)
Many people or trying to rebuild their lives in N.O. and have been successful. They are the ones that have gotten off their butts and are not waiting for a handout from the American Government. Those that are waiting for the govt. to rebuild their city and their lives are gonna have tired arms from holding out their empty hands.
2007-09-24 00:41:09 · answer #1 · answered by ~RedBird~ 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Because, in the end, it's not the American government's responsibility. It is the responsibility of the state of Louisiana and the city of New Orleans. To many people there, before and after Katrina, waited for someone else to help out instead of doing it themselves.
2007-09-23 16:59:53 · answer #2 · answered by shoredude2 7 · 1⤊ 2⤋
No, that's not true.
Our current President and his administration doesn't give a tinkers dam about anything except the illegal war in Iraq. ALL of our funds are going to that war - about 2 BILLION dollars a week. THere is NO money for anything else.
We are all waiting for the Idiot to leave office so we can end the war, bring our young people home and use the money for things here that are urgent...like re-building New Orleans and fixing our collapsing infrastructure.
2007-09-23 07:49:24 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
ture we are below sea level, i think its 5 feet below, but no they are not trying to relocate us. nor will we move, i love new orleans, i love louisiana and i'm not going anywhere, and i want to remind people that the HURRICANE did not do the damage to new orleans the LEVEES breaking did. had the levees stayed like they are supposd to we would be fine.
2007-09-23 21:01:31 · answer #4 · answered by JellyBean Bri 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
it is true that new orleans is below sea level, but if they were so worried about people's welfare, why are they relocating the poor, and bringing the rich in.
2007-09-23 05:59:54 · answer #5 · answered by pilar 3 · 1⤊ 2⤋
in any other disaster in America if homes are located in a flood plain the property owners are forced to relocate out of the flood plain. I don't think New Orleans should be any different.
2007-09-23 06:22:48 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 3⤋
I feel they just don't want to and there is so much crooked Politician running the city.
2007-09-23 06:36:01 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because our president sucks and spends all out tax money fighting someone elses war and then restoring their country before ours.
2007-09-24 04:21:42 · answer #8 · answered by travelnut 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋