The Future of New Orleans...

[Bruno]

Every economy except maybe North Korea and some other small and isolated economies are going to pay for it.

Nonsense...

[Nilsen]

Originally posted by Bruno
Nonsense...

why is that nonsense?

[Bruno]

Because what ever costs incurred on the world economy by Katrina doesn't directly relate to the cost that will be incurred to rebuild New Orleans itself.

Even the 'foreign aid' coming into to the US is going to offset the costs related to the survivors and recovery and is not directly related to 'rebuilding New Orleans'.

Which is what this thread is about.

[Nilsen]

Ok, if you say so.

[Swoop]

Originally posted by dmf
What I think is just maybe people will get smart enough to NOT live below sea level.
fish are supposed to live below sea level not humans.

Tell that to the population of Holland.

[Furball]

i think that it should and will be rebuilt. and that they should call it 'new new orleans'

[Thrawn]

I predict that US federal government will piss away hundreds of billions of taxpayers dollars...and if there isn't enough they will go even more massively in debt, pissing way their childrens future.

[dmf]

Originally posted by Swoop
Tell that to the population of Holland.

If I ever meet anybody from Holland I'll tell them that

[Nilsen]

Holland and NO cant really be compared me thinks, except ofcourse that they are both below sea level.

Weather patterns are not the same, nor are the "levies" they use to protect themselves.

[Gunslinger]

Here's what angers me.  162BILLION dollars.  That's a lot of money.  Couldnt' you build a new city from scratch with that?

[Nilsen]

Originally posted by Gunslinger
Here's what angers me.  162BILLION dollars.  That's a lot of money.  Couldnt' you build a new city from scratch with that?

I dont have a map so im just guessing here..

 Cant they just keep the part of NO that has not been flooded, and continue building inland or in whatever direction the land is higher than the part that has been flooded?

Again... i dont have a good 3d map here.

[DREDIOCK]

North American Venice.

If they are smart

[Thrawn]

Originally posted by DREDIOCK
North American Venice.

If they are smart

Until the next hurricane comes...then it's wash repeat...to the tune of hundreds of billion of dollars.

If the individual person or corporation is so hot to rebuild New Orleans let them.  It's immoral to steal from people that don't want to in order to rebuild.

[Reschke]

I expect to see massive sales of pipe for placing concrete over the next year to that area. However I also see a tremendous growth rate of the Baton Rouge area because many people who used to live in NO will have moved out to Baton Rouge and other areas ABOVE SEA LEVEL and away from the coastal areas of Louisianna.

[Toad]

Originally posted by Furball
i think that it should and will be rebuilt. and that they should call it 'new new orleans'

Nouveau Orleans maybe?


If they don't want to rebuild... well the Navy lost its bombing range at Vieques.... maybe just make it a restricted area, bust a few holes in the levees and clear the Navy in hot. Should keep the squatters out.

If they DO want to rebuild, use the recent Supreme Court decision to "eminent domain" the entire city limits. Since the whole place is wrecked and below sea level, E.D. costs should be minimal. What's the market value of an unihabitable toxic swamp? THEN sell the whole place to the Dutch with a clause forcing them to redevelop it within 25 years. At least they are supposed to know how to build a city that's below sea level.

Just my .02.