i think you are right. the port cety has to be there,
but not on that marsh. the refineries need to be move
to higher ground also.
i also think that the people of new orleans could be
hired for some of the rebuilding effort thus helping
with jobs. those that are able to do the kind of work
necessary. these folks do not have jobs to return to
just as they have no housees to return to.

--- Mike Collis <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> I think they shouldn't build on the same land...
> They'd really be asking
> for troub3e than.  Go to the northwest, away from
> the marsh.
> I think they've got at least part of one levee fixed
> and was pumping the
> w3ater back in to the lake.
>
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> shgould a city be rebuilt that is up to 20 feet
> under
> sea level? New Orleans will need to be rebuilt, but,
> should it be in the same marsh? maybe a little
> farther
> inland where there is some elevation? just asking
> questions.
>   by the way, the news just said some of the pumps
> were being started up. does that meen they have the
> levies repaired to a degree that they can begin to
> get
> some of that water(sludge) out?
>





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