Next New Orleans

[MississippiHurricane]

I agree most with NYC. It would be impossible to evac everyone out of the city even with advanced notice. The city is too packed for its own good. All it really comes down to is when NOT if this will happen. Just my opinion.

[rlltex]

[quote="Ixolib"]Actually, the "next New Orleans" can only happen in a place that is equally as far below sea level as New Orleans is. Truth is, had New Orleans been built like most cities - i.e., [u]ABOVE [/u]sea level, Katrina's impact there would have been extremely minimal. Or at least certainly not what ended up happening.

So, using New Orleans as a "comparative" city in this or any other research is a bit off the mark unless they're talking about Amsterdam and other similar cities around the world. I'm not sure, but are there any other cities built below sea level in the US?[/quote]

I don't know about actually below SEA level but I know that Sacramento, CA and Port Arthur, TX are "protected" by crumbling levees. I would guess there may be other cities like these.