Nite everyone.
We need a debate,,,do we rebuild NO or do we let it go?
JMHO... let her go... save the French Quarter on it's own island since it seems to be at sea level, but everything below sea level let the sea reclaim.
It's not a matter of "should we or shouldn't we." It's a matter of "can we or can't we."
As others have pointed out, the city will be uninhabitable for months (my best guess is at least eight months). After that, how many people will return, since they will likely have established themselves elsewhere? How many will rebuild their homes? How many small businesses will try it again? How many national chains will want to rebuild? How many insurance companies will want to insure them if they do?
New Orleans is finished as a major American city, IMHO.
See 1563~~
By the time Nawlins COULD be rebuilt most dislocated people will have been assimilated into the cities they fled to.
We raise the level of New Orleans, we make much stronger levees, and rebuild some of the areas like the French Quarter and downtown.
Some of the poorer housing areas get demolished and moved to higher ground. Turn those areas into some type of park.
Mainly try to keep the businesses in the low areas, and the housing in higher areas.
Does that make sense.