Yes, it should be allowed to change to what it naturally wants to, but politics, not common sense, will make that decision.
Yes, it should be allowed to change to what it naturally wants to, but politics, not common sense, will make that decision.
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To emphasize the correctness in saying that politics will make big decisions like this, recall this HISTORICAL FACT!
In 1998, the DoD and the US Army Corps of Engineers drafted a document detailing the fact that New Orleans was protected by levees which were designed to protect N.O. from a LEVEL 3 hurricane. These groups wanted to go into N.O. and assess what needed to be done to improve the levees to at least withstand a LEVEL 4 OR 5 hurricane.
This serious request and supporting information was deemed highly necessary to protect N.O. and was presented in full to the President of the United States for approval of this critical project.
THE REQUEST WAS DENIED BY WILLIAM JEFFERSON CLINTON. For those interested in the details, they are available in the FEDERAL REGISTER as a matter of permanent record.
So, how many more deaths do we attribute to this horrid excuse for a criminal, negligent, incompetent excuse for a human being ???
In summary, politics in critical situations, usually costs lives, it always has.
Next empire up built Baghdad on the Tigris.
The rationale was that modern forms of transportation (camels) made it economically feasible to transport goods to and from the Euphrates to points along the Tigris, so why continue to take the risk of having a big city on a dangerous river.
Once upon a time the Hwang-Ho (Yellow River) in China relocated itself several hundred miles. Millions of people died in the transit. This had no effect whatsoever on trade since ancient emperors had already built canals between the Hwang-Ho and Yangtze basins, and they continued to serve all needs.
One day New Orleans slipped below sea-level thereby necessitating a relocation of the residential and retail areas to upland areas. Special protective levees were constructed around important port and industrial facilities. Although they lost power in the area, it was only a few days until the most important commercial activities in the area were back in business.
In the future, the people who reside in the New Orleans area for the purpose of manning the port facilities and tourist hotels will live further West where the land is above sea-level.