Nick the Great asked:
Since 1950 there have been numerous books and articles in reputable scientific magazines explaining that the levees cannot hold back the Mississippi River let alone hurricane storm surges. The river will go were the river wants to go. The fact that the state and parishes and the cities have ignored all the warnings and TURNED DOWN federal help repeatedly(to try to reinforce and reconstruct the levees) seems to be lost on everyone within the CORRUPT POLITICAL machine of that state. Why should we be responsible to help rebuild an area that is CONSTANTLY in danger because most of it is BELOW sea level. Also the gulf coast is receeding at a surprising rate and within 50 years that whole area will be underwater from the Gulf of Mexico. Wouldn’t it make more sense to move the city northward only a few miles, but to an area ABOVE sea level. The delta was formed by the meandering of the river and that’s how rivers work. Why fight those forces and dump our money into a WATER HOLE?
In case Holland comes up again it might be well to note that Holland uses concrete and a lot newer technology that the people of that area were happy to pay for. Louisiana has turned down Federal funds because they were required to match these funds, but that was way before Katrina. So NO I don’t feel sorry. Move 40 moles north and rebuild the city there ABOVE SEA LEVEL.
Make that 40 miles!
Hardinge machine replacement parts
Since 1950 there have been numerous books and articles in reputable scientific magazines explaining that the levees cannot hold back the Mississippi River let alone hurricane storm surges. The river will go were the river wants to go. The fact that the state and parishes and the cities have ignored all the warnings and TURNED DOWN federal help repeatedly(to try to reinforce and reconstruct the levees) seems to be lost on everyone within the CORRUPT POLITICAL machine of that state. Why should we be responsible to help rebuild an area that is CONSTANTLY in danger because most of it is BELOW sea level. Also the gulf coast is receeding at a surprising rate and within 50 years that whole area will be underwater from the Gulf of Mexico. Wouldn’t it make more sense to move the city northward only a few miles, but to an area ABOVE sea level. The delta was formed by the meandering of the river and that’s how rivers work. Why fight those forces and dump our money into a WATER HOLE?
In case Holland comes up again it might be well to note that Holland uses concrete and a lot newer technology that the people of that area were happy to pay for. Louisiana has turned down Federal funds because they were required to match these funds, but that was way before Katrina. So NO I don’t feel sorry. Move 40 moles north and rebuild the city there ABOVE SEA LEVEL.
Make that 40 miles!
Hardinge machine replacement parts