Do You Know What It Means, To Miss New Orleans?

[TSmith274]

The city was a mistake when they built it, they couldnt have picked a worse spot

Still its a beautiful city but being where it is it faces the risk of its inevetible destruction, not in our lifetime but eventually it will be washed away and I hate to say it but it will take thousands with it.

I just hope never to see what I saw with Katrina again

Well, while this is a popular idea, it is preventable. New orleans didn't become this vulnerable overnight. The loss of thousands of square miles of coastal marshes and barrier islands put us in this mess... accelerated by the levees along the Mississippi River and the maze of thousands of canals cut by oil companies since the early 20th century has exasperated our problem. But, according to scientists, it can be reversed, and we can rebuild the coast. In turn, we could save this city and the lives of its people. If we can just convince congress to give Louisiana its fair share of its oil and gas royalties, we could get it done on our own without a penny from taxpayers nationwide. It is possible.

[Audrey2Katrina]

Amen to that TSmith, and well put! From one N'Awleenian, to another

A2K

[wxmann_91]

The city was a mistake when they built it, they couldnt have picked a worse spot

Still its a beautiful city but being where it is it faces the risk of its inevetible destruction, not in our lifetime but eventually it will be washed away and I hate to say it but it will take thousands with it.

I just hope never to see what I saw with Katrina again

I agree with TSmith. On the contrary, when the French built it, it was on one of the best places - controlling the shipping across the Mississippi River, and on the highest ground in southeast LA - the French Quarter. Problems arose when the city grew, and, as TSmith mentioned, levees and canals were built that prevented natural sediment from building up, thus making the entire area sink. That continues to this very date.