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To: Nadine Carroll who wrote (135811)9/1/2005 12:49:29 AM
From: frankw1900  Read Replies (1) of 793843
 
Raising the city by about 15 feet should do the trick. Any suggestions how to accomplish this?

Float it on a gazillion cubic feet of closed cell foam.

Failing that, the smart thing to do would be to bite the bullet and modify the Mississippi flood channels so that barrier islands and wetlands will be maintained by enough siltation.

The US is not going to give up its Gulf ports so it might as well pay the real rent for them....
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