[carl in alaska]

"uh, the City is flooding...."

I'm afraid the whole concept of building a major city below sea level is tragically flawed.

[shield]

I agree...sounds like someone in what was it 1920, made about as stupid a decision as can be made....when he suggested it...all his associates...starting running around ... saying ... oh how smart... let's do it...

Some way this problem needs to be corrected. 'Cause they'll be another cane that will hit NO dead on.

[Gondring]

I'm afraid the whole concept of building a major city below sea level is tragically flawed.

Or letting the water bodies build higher and higher above your city, as they have over time.

[jeffers]

"To: BurbankKarl
"uh, the City is flooding...."

I'm afraid the whole concept of building a major city below sea level is tragically flawed."

It's too soon to say "the city is flooding". No wall of water has engulfed New Orleans, not yet. There is a fight going on right now, between the water and the people who built the city, and while some parts of the city are getting wet, that fight is by no means decided yet.

[Wonder Warthog]

"I'm afraid the whole concept of building a major city below sea level is tragically flawed."

Uh, it warn't "below sea level" when it was started. The current depth is the result of several centuries of subsidence , silt deposition, and a number of other factors.