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New Orleans - WHY?
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Jim Yanik
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Why was New Orleans built below sea level?
It originally was not below sea level,but after levees were built to block
the seasonal floods,the land inside began to SINK,no longer being
replenished from the silt carried by the yearly floods.The "delta" was
created by(and maintained by) silt from the Mississippi River.
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