From: Bill Lucy 

In article ,
TDNBW{at}barktopus.com says...
> >If they rebuild the new levies had better be able to withstand a hurricane
> >greater than Cat 3.
>
> And higher capacity pumping stations, etc.  A slow moving storm could
> flood the city again.  Wouldn't it be something for them to rebuild
> everything only to have it taken out again?
>
> I guess it's what we do.  Have an oil crisis yesterday, but an
> Expedition tomorrow.  Some might say this is not wise.

I'm wondering if NO could do what Chicago did years ago -- raise the level
of the land above what is presently grade? That's how they ended up with
lower Wacker Drive and Capone's/Rivera's vault.

It would solve a couple problems, IMO. First, cleanup would be easier if
you were 15-30 feet off the mess. Second, the levees would be less likely
after a few years to suffer catastrophic failure. It would be more like a
basement flooding*.

*or, to bring Chicago back into it, like the 1990s flooding there.

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