Had a lengthy conversation about that with some people that love NOLA and they agree.
RB
Fine, then you and those "some people that love NOLA" can pay the full cost to rebuild the stupid crime-ridden city in a bowl of watery death and you can pay to insure it too. The rest of us would rather not have our tax money wasted on rebuilding and insuring it. Rescue the survivors, recover the dead, and then bulldoze it. If there's any industry necessary in the area, have them build in a safer location and the population will grow up around that industry.