[alloysteel]

Bring in landfill from northern Louisiana and Mississippi, and fill all the streets of New Orleans to at least the level with Lake Ponchartrain (or maybe a few feet higher). THEN rebuild the city.

Or relocate it further up the Mississippi, say like just south of Baton Rouge.

[Mind-numbed Robot]

Bring in landfill from northern Louisiana and Mississippi, and fill all the streets of New Orleans to at least the level with Lake Ponchartrain (or maybe a few feet higher). THEN rebuild the city.

Or relocate it further up the Mississippi, say like just south of Baton Rouge.

How about just letting the Mississippi go down the Atchafallya Basin like it occasionally used to before they built the levies to keep in going to N.O. Then drain Lake Pontchartrain and every thing will be hunky dory.

That is no more drastic than your suggestion. Or why not do what they are going to do: Strengthen the levies and increase the pumping capacity.

[McGavin999]

Bring in landfill from northern Louisiana and Mississippi, and fill all the streets of New Orleans to at least the level with Lake Ponchartrain (or maybe a few feet higher). THEN rebuild the city.

I was thinking the same thing. Bring in all the debris from the hurricane, compact it, then fill it with topsoil.