[trumandogz]

I have a house in NOLA that has stood for 125 years and has never flooded or been damaged by a hurricane. Furthermore, it is not below sea level and no one that lived there is on the Welfare.

[PFC]

Thank you.

My house in New Orleans, which is also above sea level, only flooded once in 90 years. And only then because the federally built flood protection did not withstand the kind of storm it was supposedly built to withstand.

The city has managed to survive in this location a long, long time. The money for rebuilding this American city is insignificant when compared with the money being spent to rebuild Muslim cities in Iraq.

[kinoxi]

I'm not saying level the place. Do you believe it should be rebuilt physically like it was before? The problems that led to the recent catastrophe have only been exacerbated over time (the city is generally sinking) and can be expected, virtually guaranteed, to get worse. The city is a strategic necessity but much of it is an obvious waste to rebuild how it was. Congratulations on your house BTW.