https://blogs.lotterypost.com/konane/2005/9/breaks-in-the-levee-logic.htm konane's Blog: "Breaks in the Levee Logic en-us Lottery Post RSS Generator https://blogs.lotterypost.com/konane/2005/9/breaks-in-the-levee-logic.htm#c2798 https://blogs.lotterypost.com/konane/2005/9/breaks-in-the-levee-logic.htm#c2798 Fri, 02 Sep 2005 22:07:19 GMT konane <br />Indeed it should. Found this commentary "New York Times "The Gulf Coast has always been vulnerable to coastal storms, but over the years people have made things worse, particularly in Louisiana, where Hurricane Katrina struck yesterday. Since the 18th century, when French colonial administrators required land claimants to establish ownership by building levees along bayous, streams and rivers, people have been trying to dominate the region's landscape and the forces of its nature.<br... [ More ]

]]> konane https://blogs.lotterypost.com/konane/2005/9/breaks-in-the-levee-logic.htm#c2797 https://blogs.lotterypost.com/konane/2005/9/breaks-in-the-levee-logic.htm#c2797 Fri, 02 Sep 2005 21:12:26 GMT Rip Snorter <br />I agree with most of what you've said and quoted here. However, it's important to note that, on the one hand, it was a certainty there'd be:<br /><br />1) A CAT 5 storm someday hitting LA, (this one only came in as a CAT 4, downgraded as it came in)<br />2) levy failure when and if that storm came in,<br />3) Severe property damage behind those levies in the event of 1, and 2.<br /><br />However, the State of Louisiana, New Orleans and the surrounding communities continued building in th... [ More ]

]]> Rip Snorter https://blogs.lotterypost.com/konane/2005/9/breaks-in-the-levee-logic.htm#c2795 https://blogs.lotterypost.com/konane/2005/9/breaks-in-the-levee-logic.htm#c2795 Fri, 02 Sep 2005 20:29:38 GMT konane Could not agree with you more. Given the swill of sewage, chemicals, etc., in flood waters I personally don't see how any sort of cleaning could be accomplished to a satisfactory level as part of building reclamation. Also read in another article that barrier islands are dependent upon flooding which is prevented by the levee system are eroding away making New Orleans more vulnerable to storm surges in the future. Rebuild a greater city on higher ground!

]]> konane https://blogs.lotterypost.com/konane/2005/9/breaks-in-the-levee-logic.htm#c2794 https://blogs.lotterypost.com/konane/2005/9/breaks-in-the-levee-logic.htm#c2794 Fri, 02 Sep 2005 19:56:11 GMT JAP69 Do not rebuild on the site of which we know as New Orleans Now.<br />Rebuild The industrial complexes on high ground. Rebuild new infrastructure and housing on high ground.<br />The money will be better spent doing so.<br

]]> JAP69 https://blogs.lotterypost.com/konane/2005/9/breaks-in-the-levee-logic.htm https://blogs.lotterypost.com/konane/2005/9/breaks-in-the-levee-logic.htm Fri, 02 Sep 2005 19:16:27 GMT konane

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