I have heard that the port of NO is so vital to the countries energy security that no matter what happens they will always build it back 13 feet below sea level or not. Sounds like a huge task to me.
“I have heard that the port of NO is so vital to the countries energy security that no matter what happens they will always build it back 13 feet below sea level or not.”
But the port itself is not that many square miles or that many people working there. The problem is all the houses. I saw a story after Katrina that identified an area for the port that would be pretty much protected and not that far up river.
The port of New Orleans will always be built back. They will need housing for people who actually work there. But it makes NO sense to rebuild welfare housing. The best thing FEMA could do is to declare that there will be NO Section 8 grants issued within 50 miles of New Orleans or the Louisiana coast