The Lost City of New Orleans?Risk & Insurance, Dec, 2000 by Lori Widmer Save a personal copy of this article and quickly find it again with Furl.net. It's free! Save it. Louisiana's marshlands, the only buffer for hurricanes that come out of the Gulf, are slipping into the ocean at an alarming rate. New search indicates that just one major hurricane could put New Orleans under water. The Big Easy is in big trouble. New Orleans is sinking. And fast. But what's the big deal? Local businesses and residents have heard it all before. They've built levees to control the...