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**pongeystrhjst** · 12-21-2007, 09:16 AM

Originally posted by Oerdin
It's to bad they didn't take this opportunity to fill most of the flood damaged city with soil to bring up the level so that it is above sea level. Much of the historic district like the French Quarter are already on high ground so it would have been the more generic part which got razed. It would have required a lot of Federal money to pay for it but it would have been cheaper then rescuing a flood damaged city every 20-30 years. Over all that would have solved the city's problems for at least the next century or so. For something drastic as you propose, you have to fully weigh out any possible negative consequences.

12-21-2007, 09:16 AM	#5
pongeystrhjst Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 718 Senior Member	Originally posted by Oerdin It's to bad they didn't take this opportunity to fill most of the flood damaged city with soil to bring up the level so that it is above sea level. Much of the historic district like the French Quarter are already on high ground so it would have been the more generic part which got razed. It would have required a lot of Federal money to pay for it but it would have been cheaper then rescuing a flood damaged city every 20-30 years. Over all that would have solved the city's problems for at least the next century or so. For something drastic as you propose, you have to fully weigh out any possible negative consequences.
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