If New Orleans can't handle a little category 1 hurricane , they might a well close up everything under sea level and forget it . btw: Looks like my prayers were answered.
Why don't they just haul in a bunch of dirt and rebuild build that city above sea level? Do they like living in a hole under the water or what?
It doesn't work, take a look at the section of San Francisco that is built on fill-dirt. It is sinking. Cities need to be built on bedrock where possible. Manhattan is sitting on a nice contiguous slab of granite.
Actually, I really like San Francisco and that part of California. Their politics are an abomination but I've taken several vacations there and honeymooned there. I love the place. Last time there I had so many Irish Coffees at the Buena Vista I had trouble staying on my stool. And dinner at Scomas - it's awsome. There's no better clam chowder anywhere in the country.