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September 6th 05, 01:18 AM

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ever decide to build a major city on ground that is *below*
sea level and right next to three major bodies of water? And
in a hurricane zone?!)

Because it was fantastic for the mode of transportation available at
the time.

It was a good place to build a city. At that time we did not know that
tectonic forces were causing a thinning of the plate that New Orleans
and much of the east was sitting on was causing the subsidence of the
city. 3 feet every 100 years in fact, not a happy number when you are a
sea level port city. Coupled with the receding of the delta due to
natural and man made changes, and the raising of the sea level due to
global warming or whatever, you have a disaster waiting to happen. And
it happened.

More below.

Then it had momentum which brought us to the present point.
Are you suggesting the New Orleans be rebuilt at a different location,
or not be rebuilt at all?

It is not a good idea to rebuild the city of New Orleans in it's
present position. While New Orleans is sinking, the rest of the area is
sinking also. The Mississippi will almost certainly change its course
soon. It "wants" to start entering the Gulf of Mexico to the west of
where it does now, and it will probably do so through the Atchafalaya
river. SO we could rebuild the city, and it might not matter.

- Mike KB3EIA