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Post #222,648
by Simon_Jester
9/3/05 5:31:58 PM
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New Actually I tend to agree with him....
we have an unusual opportunity to rebuild the city - starting with fill the "bowl" so that the huge levees aren't an absolute necessity.

I don't think it will happen, but I could wrong.
Post #222,649
by Andrew Grygus
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9/3/05 5:54:08 PM
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New Yes, parts probably should be filled . .
. . but destroying everything and building a theme park on top of important history is a kinda crude idea.

The cost of that fill would be pretty high and you'd have to get it somewhere. Problem with a delta river is it keeps getting higher and higher above the surrounding land until it overflows and cuts a new course, but here it's restrained so it just keeps getting higher and higher, so the obvious source of fill is to dredge the river.

Of course, given a bit of time, the river will become higher than that fill and you'll be back to containing it.

On the other hand, preserving the historical areas using current methods will probably be cheaper than fill and rebuild.
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Post #222,685
by ben_tilly
9/3/05 11:58:43 PM
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New Wouldn't work
The land is sinking fairly fast. Fill it now, and in a century or two you'll have the current problem again.

Cheers,
Ben
I have come to believe that idealism without discipline is a quick road to disaster, while discipline without idealism is pointless. -- Aaron Ward (my brother)
Post #222,689
by Another Scott
9/4/05 12:09:36 AM
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New Or sooner, if the global warming stuff continues...
     repo leaders dont want to spend money on new orleans - (boxley) - (53) - Sept. 2, 2005, 09:20:05 AM EDT
         s/white/elitist/ -NT - (jb4) - Sept. 2, 2005, 09:46:11 AM EDT
         does it make sense to? - (SpiceWare) - (14) - Sept. 2, 2005, 10:26:36 AM EDT
             ask Venice or Amsterdam, anyway we need the port -NT - (boxley) - (13) - Sept. 2, 2005, 11:09:21 AM EDT
                 I don't agree or disagree - (SpiceWare) - (12) - Sept. 2, 2005, 11:50:22 AM EDT
                     Architecturally musically culturally it should be saved - (boxley) - (11) - Sept. 2, 2005, 12:37:12 PM EDT
                         Amen, Box! -NT - (jb4) - Sept. 2, 2005, 12:49:54 PM EDT
                         I say bulldoze it as a prelude to fixing it. - (marlowe) - (9) - Sept. 3, 2005, 12:25:43 PM EDT
                             That you're an idiot? - (Andrew Grygus) - (8) - Sept. 3, 2005, 12:42:29 PM EDT
                                 He can't - (jake123) - Sept. 3, 2005, 03:23:56 PM EDT
                                 Actually I tend to agree with him.... - (Simon_Jester) - (3) - Sept. 3, 2005, 05:31:58 PM EDT
                                     Yes, parts probably should be filled . . - (Andrew Grygus) - Sept. 3, 2005, 05:54:08 PM EDT
                                     Wouldn't work - (ben_tilly) - (1) - Sept. 3, 2005, 11:58:43 PM EDT
                                         Or sooner, if the global warming stuff continues... -NT - (Another Scott) - Sept. 4, 2005, 12:09:36 AM EDT
                                 Yes, it works fine... until it stops working fine. - (marlowe) - (2) - Sept. 4, 2005, 05:22:50 PM EDT
                                     Consistent you are: far from any Real danger. Or imagined. -NT - (Ashton) - Sept. 4, 2005, 05:53:22 PM EDT
                                     Isn't that spelled "dyke" . . . - (Andrew Grygus) - Sept. 4, 2005, 07:19:56 PM EDT
         It's another example of taking a sentence out of context. - (Another Scott) - (36) - Sept. 2, 2005, 12:51:54 PM EDT
             why is he backing up all over the wires if he didnt say it? - (boxley) - (35) - Sept. 2, 2005, 01:00:03 PM EDT
                 So he doesn't sound like a heartless, rich, whitey Repo man? - (Another Scott) - (33) - Sept. 2, 2005, 01:13:35 PM EDT
                     never claimed his statement was racist -NT - (boxley) - (32) - Sept. 2, 2005, 01:29:32 PM EDT
                         sure sounded that way - (SpiceWare) - (30) - Sept. 2, 2005, 01:42:03 PM EDT
                             a black leader wouldnt say that :-) -NT - (boxley) - (29) - Sept. 2, 2005, 02:13:47 PM EDT
                                 No... - (bepatient) - (28) - Sept. 2, 2005, 09:39:31 PM EDT
                                     yo at least rudy had a PD after 911 this guy has nothing - (boxley) - (27) - Sept. 2, 2005, 10:06:44 PM EDT
                                         box makes sense - (Silverlock) - (26) - Sept. 2, 2005, 10:20:28 PM EDT
                                             4 days? - (SpiceWare) - (5) - Sept. 3, 2005, 11:11:56 AM EDT
                                                 Nagin's Announcement from Saturday August 27. - (Another Scott) - (4) - Sept. 4, 2005, 11:31:21 PM EDT
                                                     He's been on the ball.... - (Simon_Jester) - (3) - Sept. 5, 2005, 02:34:06 PM EDT
                                                         Let's not forget - (jake123) - (1) - Sept. 5, 2005, 02:42:19 PM EDT
                                                             I recall a similiar study in New Jersey - (SpiceWare) - Sept. 5, 2005, 02:58:22 PM EDT
                                                         The more this gets covered... - (bepatient) - Sept. 5, 2005, 03:47:00 PM EDT
                                             On Tuesday Nagin was complaining - (bepatient) - (19) - Sept. 3, 2005, 01:44:46 PM EDT
                                                 Give Nagin a little credit.... - (Simon_Jester) - Sept. 3, 2005, 05:30:49 PM EDT
                                                 got from kuwait to bahgdad in 3 days, fighting all the way - (boxley) - (17) - Sept. 3, 2005, 08:33:33 PM EDT
                                                     always love - (bepatient) - (16) - Sept. 3, 2005, 11:09:37 PM EDT
                                                         florida, last year 4 times -NT - (boxley) - (5) - Sept. 3, 2005, 11:39:45 PM EDT
                                                             Nowhere close - (bepatient) - (4) - Sept. 4, 2005, 12:08:14 PM EDT
                                                                 birmingham jackson memphis montgomery lttlerock etc - (boxley) - (3) - Sept. 4, 2005, 12:37:03 PM EDT
                                                                     Not seeing the "still" - (bepatient) - (2) - Sept. 4, 2005, 12:54:11 PM EDT
                                                                         Several months, I'd say - (jake123) - Sept. 4, 2005, 03:14:15 PM EDT
                                                                         fox, now talking to 82 yo woman at valance and 14th -NT - (boxley) - Sept. 4, 2005, 04:18:49 PM EDT
                                                         Right, Beep - never expect competence in anything New - (Ashton) - (9) - Sept. 4, 2005, 03:30:00 AM EDT
                                                             Nobody getting a free pass - (bepatient) - (8) - Sept. 4, 2005, 12:02:55 PM EDT
                                                                 There is no oversight either - (hnick) - (7) - Sept. 4, 2005, 12:27:51 PM EDT
                                                                     I agree - (imqwerky) - (6) - Sept. 4, 2005, 12:48:57 PM EDT
                                                                         Trust me folks - (bepatient) - (2) - Sept. 4, 2005, 12:57:32 PM EDT
                                                                             You evidently missed the nonpartisan part - (hnick) - Sept. 4, 2005, 04:12:22 PM EDT
                                                                             Gosh BP.... - (Simon_Jester) - Sept. 4, 2005, 07:48:03 PM EDT
                                                                         What should have been done... - (ben_tilly) - (2) - Sept. 4, 2005, 10:09:13 PM EDT
                                                                             Too risky - (Andrew Grygus) - (1) - Sept. 4, 2005, 10:13:58 PM EDT
                                                                                 sometimes is depressing when you are right -NT - (boxley) - Sept. 4, 2005, 10:21:31 PM EDT
                         Ok. :-) -NT - (Another Scott) - Sept. 2, 2005, 02:19:44 PM EDT
                 Box: multiply 'port-city' N.O. by 1000\ufffd - (Ashton) - Sept. 2, 2005, 08:58:44 PM EDT

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