the same could said of south chicago. denny, you jerk
--and what "sea" is bordering south Chicago, may I ask--??
He's right. New Orleans is going to keep sinking - which means it could be 40 feet below sea level, then 45...
There is higher ground to the west. Levee off the French Quarter as a tourist town, and re-locate the residential and manufacturing facilities to the west. And build a canal to deal with the eventual shift of the Mississippi channel down the Atchafalaya.
Do it once and do it right.
looks like the MSM got me. They took denny's quotes out of context.
A lot of south Chicago should be bulldozed, too. :)
Seriously, a city built essentially under water is pretty stupid, and a recipe for disaster. To rebuild in the same place and manner would fall under the category of "fool me once, shame on you; fool me twice, shame on me."
>>the same could said of south chicago. denny, you jerk<<
Then maybe it should be, if the ocean is a threat to that area.
NOLA is a wet lands and must be returned to its natural state and turned into a wild life preserve.
T-shirt shops would do well on the routes in to the nature preserve.
Well put me on your jerk list because I totally agree with him and I do not think one cent of our tax money should cover the rebuilding effort.
Just let it go, it is not worth rebuilding.
And I am against spending tax dollars to rebuild in other areas where people build homes on land that is in a high risk area, let them take the risk, notme.
At one time South Chicago was the meat packet to the US, among other things. What function does it serve now, other than to gobble AFDC, SSI, and other tax dollars?
I lived in Chicago all my life until 1982, when we moved to Arizona. While Chicago's South Side may be below "sea level"
(I admit I never knew this fact), still, to my knowledge, Lake Michigan has never been subject to hurricanes, tornadoes, or anything of the sort, anaything that could destroy the city the way Katrina, the Mississippi, and Lake Pontchartrain conspired to destroy New Orleans. Just frozen water, and "lake effect"---during the horrible winter of 1979, we were living in an apartment building literally 100 feet from a tiny inlet of Lake Michigan. So I can't understand
your remarks. Hastert's remarks may deserve a "Duh" prize for obviousness, but the city's rebuilding and re-organization geographically will require an unprecedented level of risk and creativity.