Kiss of Death to New Orleans ???

[Ocean Breeze]

http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion...0,2886301.story?coll=la-news-comment-opinions

excerpt:

Giving up on New Orleans
We may as well abandon the Big Easy because the White House is killing a plan to protect the city from the next Katrina.

By Mike Tidwell, MIKE TIDWELL is the author of "Bayou Farewell: The Rich Life and Tragic Death of Louisiana's Cajun Coast" (Pantheon, 2003).


AS WE NEAR the 100-day mark since Hurricane Katrina hit, it's time we ended our national state of denial and abandon New Orleans for good.

We should call it quits not because New Orleans can't be made relatively safe from hurricanes. It can be. And not because to do so is more trouble than it's worth. It's not. Instead, the hammers and brooms and chain saws should all be put away and the city permanently boarded up because the Bush administration has already given New Orleans a quiet kiss of death.

 

[Colpy]

http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion...0,2886301.story?coll=la-news-comment-opinions

excerpt:

Giving up on New Orleans
We may as well abandon the Big Easy because the White House is killing a plan to protect the city from the next Katrina.

By Mike Tidwell, MIKE TIDWELL is the author of "Bayou Farewell: The Rich Life and Tragic Death of Louisiana's Cajun Coast" (Pantheon, 2003).


AS WE NEAR the 100-day mark since Hurricane Katrina hit, it's time we ended our national state of denial and abandon New Orleans for good.

We should call it quits not because New Orleans can't be made relatively safe from hurricanes. It can be. And not because to do so is more trouble than it's worth. It's not. Instead, the hammers and brooms and chain saws should all be put away and the city permanently boarded up because the Bush administration has already given New Orleans a quiet kiss of death.

New Orleans, unfortunately, needs to be relocated.

Think about it. If the planet continues to warm, sea levels will rise over the next thirty years. It will become increasingly expensive, or impossible to protect extremely low-lying areas from storm surges.

Time to pack up and move to higher ground......before all the expense of rebuilding, to say nothing of another large death toll.

 

[Ocean Breeze]

http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion...0,2886301.story?coll=la-news-comment-opinions

excerpt:

Giving up on New Orleans
We may as well abandon the Big Easy because the White House is killing a plan to protect the city from the next Katrina.

By Mike Tidwell, MIKE TIDWELL is the author of "Bayou Farewell: The Rich Life and Tragic Death of Louisiana's Cajun Coast" (Pantheon, 2003).


AS WE NEAR the 100-day mark since Hurricane Katrina hit, it's time we ended our national state of denial and abandon New Orleans for good.

We should call it quits not because New Orleans can't be made relatively safe from hurricanes. It can be. And not because to do so is more trouble than it's worth. It's not. Instead, the hammers and brooms and chain saws should all be put away and the city permanently boarded up because the Bush administration has already given New Orleans a quiet kiss of death.

New Orleans, unfortunately, needs to be relocated.

Think about it. If the planet continues to warm, sea levels will rise over the next thirty years. It will become increasingly expensive, or impossible to protect extremely low-lying areas from storm surges.

Time to pack up and move to higher ground......before all the expense of rebuilding, to say nothing of another large death toll.

not much to "think about' is there?? All evidence points to a relocation of N.O.....out of necessity. Not sure how this can be accomplished...... or if N.O might just be a city of the past ....with a unique and special quality to it. Depth and such character...

(an aside: Have you been there??? )

 

[bhoour]

Unfortunately the history of N.O can't be re-located. Maybe in time it'll be a mysterious place that used to be..... like Atlantis,( except we'll have documentation that it really was there).

Never been ,always wanted to. Sent away for travel brochures at 9 yrs old. Some thing draws me to it. Was planning to go for my 40th, we'll see how they're doing in 4 yrs

 

[DasFX]

(an aside: Have you been there??? )

Was supposed to go this past March, but did Vegas and the Grand Canyon instead. NO is gone, a lost city.

 

[MMMike]

New Orleans, unfortunately, needs to be relocated.

Think about it. If the planet continues to warm, sea levels will rise over the next thirty years. It will become increasingly expensive, or impossible to protect extremely low-lying areas from storm surges.

Time to pack up and move to higher ground......before all the expense of rebuilding, to say nothing of another large death toll.

What about the Netherlands... should they all pack up and move too? Actually in the case of New Orleans, I agree. It doesn't make sense to rebuild. Too bad - it's a beautiful city. Especially Bourbon Street at night!!! :lol: :lol:

 

[Reverend Blair]

RE: Kiss of Death to New

Is the US government willing to put the kind of investment into New Orleans that the Netherlands has made to protect itself, MMMikey?

 

[Summer]

RE: Kiss of Death to New

I doubt it.