THey can't "build up" New Orleans. It was not built below sea level, it SUNK to below sea level. They can't stop it from sinking, they can't put pylons deep enough to hit land that won't sink.
Anything they do to build up the city, it will just sink again.
And why is the Governor of Louisiana talking about how ARKANSAS national guard troops are finally showing up to police one of her cities? Couldn't she have called up her own national guard before the hurricane even hit, and positioned it near the city to be deployed as soon as conditions were settled?
I bet that ticks off the people of Louisiana and it should! It's like she is almost saying Louisiana can't handle the situation. If she would get the hell out of the way and let them they could have taken care of it before it happened and arrested the thugs who are terrorizing N.O. now.
It seems she is the problem and not part of the solution. I think she is a LUNATIC. She is certainly not up to the job of Governor through this crisis.