Should New Orleans be rebuilt?

Should New Orleans be rebuit?

No.

Will New Orleans be rebuilt?

Very likely.

that's my answer too

I think they should write it off.

I also think they should treat the standing water before they pump it back in to the mainstream, but they won't I'm betting.

BBB
An important thing I've learned from the hurricane and the failure of the levees in New Orleans.

If the political idiots decide to restore New Orleans exactly as it was, including the levee system and maintaining the diversion of the Mississippi River in it's present artifical location, they are inviting the terrorists to wait until all the expensive restoration work is done and then all they have to do is blow up the levees and the whole thing happens all over again.

Major stupidity.

There is a one time opportunity to correct the mistakes made decades ago and restore the river's natural path. This would eliminate the need for the huge lake that flodded New Orleans, the costly maintenance of the levee system.

Will common sense prevail? Maybe, if the commerical interests such as Big Oil don't have their way. But don't hold your breath.

BBB

How about they move the White House and Congress there and pray for another hurricane?

Those poor people haven't suffered enough, that you'd wish that on them?

higher ground where ever that is

The primary question would be: Do they have enough
funds to rebuild?

Jane


Nope. The money is being spent in Iraq and in tax breaks for the rich.

How many lawyers and CPAs will it take for the U.S. to file for bankruptcy?

BBB

Aside from the money spent in Iraq New Orleans gets its working capital from the refineries, from shipping and from tourism.

All of these sources of money were damaged by the hurricane and floods.

Noddy


Noddy, that, too. Of course, you have to deduct from that income the historic corruption of government in Louisiana.

BBB

Also, aside from the rebuilding, many people have been displaced and will need a big helping hand from the American government in order to rebuild their lives, let alone the cost to rebuild a city.

Before they even consider rebuilding it will I understand cost about $13 billion for cleanup and repair of the levees. Those costs to be funded by the national treasury.
Does it make sense to rebuild? No more than building on flood plains or on the side of hills that are prone to mud slides does.

they'd be better off splitting that money up with those who were displaced.

I saw somewhere that Bush guaranteed that Trent Lott's mansion is going to rebuilt just as glorious as ever. Doesn't that count?

I thought a major port was needed to facilitate the transfer of goods from river barges traveling the mississippi to seagoing vessels, and other goods from seagoing vessels to river barges. What alternate location could meet that demand?

Having such a port does not necessitate a metropolitan area of a million inhabitants.

The port factilities are on the seaward side of Lake Pontchartrain, and barges cross the lake, and move through the city in canals which lead to the river.