On Sun, 04 Sep 2005 12:29:36 -0700, Pope Secola VI
wrote:

jk wrote:
Cliff wrote:


On Sat, 03 Sep 2005 21:26:01 -0500, "Martin H. Eastburn"
wrote:



The Corps of Engineers seems to have dropped this ball big time.


BUll puckey. Why should it be the federal Governments problem? Why
should they (us) spend to protect a single city against it's own
stupidity?



Water flows both ways.
Drain the marshes == Storm surges are much worse.
Increase the speed of the Mississippi == Increase sand bars
& the power of the flow to cause the river to wander & form
new channels.
In addition, those marshes *USED* to be areas for things
like fish & shrimp to breed ....

Don't expect much Gulf seafood for a few years ... not to mention
that the Gulf is now a bit toxic ..

A better idea, IF New Orleans is to be rebuilt, is to rebuild it
with many compartments with dikes inbetween.



Crappy Idea, the same one that just failed!

IF it is to be rebuilt, then rebuild it above sea level, not below.
Yes build dikes to help with storm surge, and then permanently deny
the area federal flood insurance.
jk

First bulldoze the place flat.

Then get in touch with the Governors of Montana, Colorado the Dakotas,
Any were the Missouri river runs through. Get them to pony up large
boulders (tuck size of granite) and float them down the river on barges,

Unload the boulders at New Orleans drill holes in them for two inch
rear and start place them in 1/4 mile squares with forms 20 feet high
each side.

Once you have 20 feet of boulders in place, fill the vacant space with
concrete. Then move on to the next 1/4 mile square.

Places in the city that were under sea level may need a second 20 foot
layer of large rock and concrete. Once you have added 20 feet to the
city you can start the construction of buildings again.

Now the city is 20 feet above sea level and you don't have to worry
about erosion, levies, lake ponchitrane, the Mississippi river or any
thing else. You also now have a floating platform (yes rock floats on
soil, why do you think rocks come up in the spring after the spring
rains)that will retard the sinking of the city.

This may be more expensive in the short run but will save beau coup
bucks over the centuries.



The New, New Orleans is not

A real winger-engineer, this one.
Cost-effective too, eh?
--
Cliff