Should We Rebuild New Orleans After Katrina?
Our leaders in the wake of the Hurricane Katrina tragedy have told us that we will not be broken, that we are strong and we are Americans and we will rebuild. Is it smart to rebuild a domed city that is 12-feet underwater? Do we have the technical expertise to do so? Will we do it right this time? 350-miles of levees protecting the city is a massive engineering challenge and if we are to rebuild are we up to it? The answer appears that we will, it may not be the wisest thing to do although it is mankind's way to rebuild.
We may have another 30-years of intense Hurricanes and may even get another hit this Hurricane Season in 2005 or perhaps within a few years, rendering any rebuild effort midstream or half way complete a questionable option? To redo the 350 miles of levees to handle a Cat V Hurricane will cost upwards of 50 Billion alone? Few are up for the challenge? But we did build Hoover Dam with less technological expertise and know how, surely we can build a system to save New Orleans after the rebuild?
FEMA will spend as much on this Hurricane as Andrew. New Orleans took a direct hit and the storm surge although it did not take out the levees it weakened them and filled up the lake. Luckily when Katrina finally hit New Orleans it was no longer a Category Five. But another Hurricane, which did not weaken would bring storm surges and waves, which would take out a levee system nearly twice as high and strong as the present one, which has now been breached.
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