[Delta 21]

Terraform it! Get the fill from the delta. If its built below sea level it will flood (again).

Oh the vanity!

[bert]

.... Get the fill from the delta.....

The area is said to be subsiding. Adding the weight of fill may only increase the subsistence of the essentially liquid subsoils.

I did damage assessment in an area that had been flooded by a large creek. Many nice houses had severe flooding, enough for them to be totaled. The feds came in and surveyed the area and would not allow rebuilding within the 50 year flood plain. I am aware of at least two other East Tennessee flood prone areas where rebuilding within the 50 year flood contour was prohibited.

I know of two Southwest Virginia towns that were/are being moved out of the flood plain. The old existing towns are torn down and new ones built on higher ground.

Pretty much all of NO is within the flood plain. If current law/regulation is enforced in NOLA the same as in the rest of the country, rebuilding in many areas will not be permitted.

This is not rules by the evvirowackos, it is FEMA saving people from catastrophic losses.