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Lawmakers have to ask themselves if it’s worth sinking possibly billions of federal dollars into rebuilding New Orleans, a low-lying city which would remain a vulnerable hurricane target even after clean up, House Speaker Dennis Hastert said Wednesday.

 

“It doesn’t make sense to me,” said Hastert during an interview with the Daily Herald editorial board. “And it’s a question that certainly we should ask.”

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http://www.dailyherald.com/search/searchstory.asp?id=89228

 

Lawmakers have to ask themselves if it’s worth sinking possibly billions of federal dollars into rebuilding New Orleans, a low-lying city which would remain a vulnerable hurricane target even after clean up, House Speaker Dennis Hastert said Wednesday.

 

“It doesn’t make sense to me,” said Hastert during an interview with the Daily Herald editorial board. “And it’s a question that certainly we should ask.”

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:blink:

 

Boneheads on a message board saying it is one thing. I really wasn't prepared to start hearing it from senior politicians this soon...

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http://www.dailyherald.com/search/searchstory.asp?id=89228

 

Lawmakers have to ask themselves if it’s worth sinking possibly billions of federal dollars into rebuilding New Orleans, a low-lying city which would remain a vulnerable hurricane target even after clean up, House Speaker Dennis Hastert said Wednesday.

 

“It doesn’t make sense to me,” said Hastert during an interview with the Daily Herald editorial board. “And it’s a question that certainly we should ask.”

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Too soon? <_<

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I can't believe he said that. Unreal.

 

People live in lots of places where, but for amazing feats of engineering, it would not be possible to live. All of southern California for example. New Orleans is no different. I don't know of any place that is immune from floods, earthquakes, terrorists, fires, epidemics, blizzards, ice storms, tsunami's, droughts, hurricanes and tornadoes.

 

We are Americans. We will clean up, fix it up and move back in. Can do.

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but there may be some in the hills of Mississippi squealing like a pig...

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Alright Captain dumbass, MS is not what you think it is. The news displays it as what the rest of the country wants it to be, which is slow and idiotic. I live in Biloxi, MS, which was devastated by Hurricane Katrina. Give the people down here some type of encouragement. If Buffalo was hit by a severe blizzard you would expect the rest of the country to come to your aid. So, why don't you give some type of aid to LA and MS? The gulf coast is the home for a large amount of our countries population. Do not look down on them. Do not expect them to move just so our country can save some cash. They deserve help from our country, and you should support it 110%!

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I can't believe he said that.  Unreal.

 

People live in lots of places where, but for amazing feats of engineering, it would not be possible to live.  All of southern California for example. 

 

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That's right, Southern California is uninhabitable.

 

That's why it remained empty until the advent of modern engineering.

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I don't know of any place that is immune from floods, earthquakes, terrorists, fires, epidemics, blizzards, ice storms, tsunami's, droughts, hurricanes and tornadoes. 

 

We are Americans.  We will clean up, fix it up and move back in.  Can do.

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The question is why should *we* as Americans fix it up? If they want to, that's their business. I have no more interest in subsidizing a below sea-level city than they probably do subsidizing a submersible casino village I choose to build under Lake Ontario.

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Alright Captain dumbass, MS is not what you think it is. The news displays it as what the rest of the country wants it to be, which is slow and idiotic. I live in Biloxi, MS, which was devastated by Hurricane Katrina. Give the people down here some type of encouragement. If Buffalo was hit by a severe blizzard you would expect the rest of the country to come to your aid. So, why don't you give some type of aid to LA and MS? The gulf coast is the home for a large amount of our countries population. Do not look down on them. Do not expect them to move just so our country can save some cash. They deserve help from our country, and you should support it 110%!

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You're right! MS is moving up. They just past TX in literacy rates and are now 49th. :P

 

Sorry, I couldn't resist. But you are right. These areas deserve all of the efforts of our country to rebuild. MS must feel like a red headed step child right now. They took the brunt of the storm and have been devastated yet NO has gotten most of the attention due to the floods.

 

Biloxi and other places on the Gulf Coast are beautiful places and I hope that the rebuilding effort goes fast and smooth. Good luck to you! :)

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People live in lots of places where, but for amazing feats of engineering, it would not be possible to live.  All of southern California for example.  New Orleans is no different.  I don't know of any place that is immune from floods, earthquakes, terrorists, fires, epidemics, blizzards, ice storms, tsunami's, droughts, hurricanes and tornadoes. 

 

We are Americans.  We will clean up, fix it up and move back in.  Can do.

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I just talked to my dad (before you all start crapping on his credentials, he was a former Civil Engineering professor at UB, founding member of MCEER (multidisciplinary center for earthquake engineering research, used to be called NCEER in the 90's), current chair of his school's civil engineering dept and former head of the national earthquake research center in taiwan) and he said that even if the levees had been bolstered ahead of time, this tragedy probably would still have happened...no engineering is strong enough to guarantee withstanding such a storm

his professional opinion is yes, the water can be drained with hydraulic division, the city can be rebuilt and the levees can be made taller and stronger, but there is no guarantee that of withstanding huge storms

if this is what other professional engineers will tell investors, who in their right mind is going to invest in that city?

his exact words "i think the city is dead forever, but it gives new research topics for those in academics because FEMA has shown that it can not handle this kind of situation"

interesting fact i never knew about that he fed me...did you know that new orleans wasn't always below sea level? it was the constant pumping of the water out and the use of groundwater that caused subsidence

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even if the levees had been bolstered ahead of time, this tragedy probably would still have happened...no engineering is strong enough to guarantee withstanding such a storm.

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As powerful as this storm was folks need to remember that this wasn't the "BIG one" the experts maintain will...not if....but when it hits will be much worse. Had this storm not veered eastward toward Alabama there would be nothing left of New Orleans to rebuild.

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That's right, Southern California is uninhabitable.

 

That's why it remained empty until the advent of modern engineering.

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Do you really think the current population density in southern Cal. would be possible without the engineering that brings in all that water? Should we throw in the fault and earthquakes?

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