[Rebelbase]

Rebuild it!

[kcar]

Rebuilding below sea-level is a massive waste of taxpayers dollars. It's like trying to protect comemerical and private buildings on barrier islands. Nature's going to win that tug of war. If anyone wants to do anything that silly, they're on their own (no services).

Similarly, whatever possessed the people of Mississippi to force casinos to be afloat on a hurricane-prone coast?

[dhuffman@awod.com]

The lefty looney Scientific American ressurected these from years ago...

http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?articleID=0002F651-768F-1314-AE7183414B7F0122
http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?chanID=sa006&articleID=00060286-CB58-1315-8B5883414B7F0000
http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?articleID=0001A913-EAE9-1315-AAE983414B7F0100

Build New New Orleans - somewhere else.

[deport]

Bulldoze the city except for the downtown and French Quarter and fill it in with spoils from Lake Ponchartrain. The lake is very shallow and could supply the material necessary to fill in the city.

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Shades of Galveston TX after the Sept. 8, 1900 hurricane that killed some 8,000 and leveled that city.

[Wolverine]

[cowdog77]

Flood it as a merge with Ponchartrain, then set up access from this nice waterway into the Might Miss. from the French Quarter.

Next, go industrial only with whatever high ground is left. Forget the low lying areas and move all residential north of the new improved industrial area.

[BurbankKarl]

Drain Lake Ponchatrain!

[norton]

Today's (Sunday preview) paper carries a story about loss of the barrier islands below NO...over years they have left it more exposed to each new storm.

1. NO is not vital, the port is vital.
2. Abandoning NO after levelling, blowing the levees against ponchitrain, and letting the river reclaim the ground, might create a new barrier for a new NO only a bit farther North.
3. Between automation and improved rail and road systems (for workers and for cargo) the port should be able to function better than today.
4. All this would allow Corps of Engineers to concentrate on making the port safe from storms & flood, and to keep traffic flowing. No need to waste any time and effort on a city that has frankley grown too obscene and crusty to remain much of a tourist destination.

[zeaal]

What about bulldozing it and then filling in on top of that with soil, raising it above sealevel and then building on top of that?

[JustAnotherOkie]

Just redirect the Mississippi river through there. In 20 years it will be full of rich setiment and be the best farmland in the world.

[A. Pole]

Bulldoze the city except for the downtown and French Quarter

French Quarter? Why would you bulldoze the French Quarter which is not damaged and in most parts dry?

[Revolting cat!]

Ask France to take it back!

[kublia khan]

Why?

[R.W.Ratikal]

It's all very well to condemn other people's life's work and holdings. Let those who want to rebuild New Orleans go ahead and rebuild it.

I notice that every time the seashore along North Carolina is wiped out FEMA rushes in with funds to rebuild the beach mansions along the shifting sand. Homes that slide away in a sea of mud in California are quickly rebuilt.
These are decisions for individuals to make.

Besides, the best part of New Orleans is not the French Quarter, which is a tourist trap. The best parts are the Garden District, Lakeview and other residential areas where some of the most beautiful homes in American can be found.

New Orleans has been around for a long time and I predict it will be around for a long time in the future.

[R.W.Ratikal]

It's all very well to condemn other people's life's work and holdings. Let those who want to rebuild New Orleans go ahead and rebuild it.

I notice that every time the seashore along North Carolina is wiped out FEMA rushes in with funds to rebuild the beach mansions along the shifting sand. Homes that slide away in a sea of mud in California are quickly rebuilt.
These are decisions for individuals to make.

Besides, the best part of New Orleans is not the French Quarter, which is a tourist trap. The best parts are the Garden District, Lakeview and other residential areas where some of the most beautiful homes in American can be found.

New Orleans has been around for a long time and I predict it will be around for a long time in the future.

[airborne]

Rebuild it!

After everything, do you think any insurance company would offer policies for this area?

[muffaletaman]

Rebuild a portion of old New Orleans around the french quarter and CBD as a special economic area - gaming - etc. - behind levees.

Get rid of the lake ponchartrain causeway and the low bridges blocking access to lake borgne and ponchartrain from the gulf.

The distance between the Mississippi river and Lake Ponchartrain, just south of Laplace - is 4.5 miles (map thumbnails below are clickable links).

Dredge a canal - BIG canal - here, as needed to the north side of Ponchartrain, and on to the the gulf through Lake Borgne.

Relocate the Mississippi River ports south of Laplace/Norco to the north shore of lake ponchartrain. Thus the port of South Louisiana is now the North Shore of Ponchartrain, across the Laplace canal to the Mississippi, and up the Mississippi to Baton Rouge.

As far as restoring the marshlands of SE Louisiana, put a river control structure in at Norco. Bust all the levees south of there except around the New Orleans special economic center. When the spring floods come - let the Mississippi flood the delta south of there and start restoring the marshlands.

That'll do the trick... (until the Old River Control Structure fails and the Atchafalaya becomes the Mississippi...)

[hgro]

Rebuild it!

Rebuild it 50 miles up the Mississippi.

[billnaz]

If New Orleans is indeed rebuilt, will the criminal infrastructure also be rebuilt?

[numberonepal]

I don't think all that many bulldozers are going to be needed because a large part of the city is going to burn when the water subsides. But I agree, rebuild it.

[LZ_Bayonet]

No one seems to be mentioning that a rebuilt city would also be subject to easy terrorist attack (a rental truck full of explosives next to a levee). Possible solution: Do not allow structures to be rebuilt with residential space below sea level. High-rise on bedrock structures are acceptable. Create large long, narrow, just above sea level, islands using the hard materials from demolition, with each island having an up/down vehicle ramp from current street level for vehicles, and elevator shafts and stairs from below sea-level street to island surface (some large shopping centers built in the '50's have similar (down/up) ramp access for trucks/unloading). Low-rise residential/commercial to be built on these islands. Expand islands as fill becomes available. Connect high ground, islands, and bed-rock high rises by above sea-level causeway (Causeway to be accessible from below sea level streets). Connect causeways to freeways. Allow commercial enterprises to bring in fill when building new facilities or replacing old.