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To: Mark Fleming who wrote (2114)9/2/2005 9:25:17 AM
From: Rock_nj  Read Replies (1) of 16955
 
The other options are very expensive too, such as massive flood walls to withstand a Cat 5 hurricane and inner flood walls to protect sensitive parts of the city and water diversion channels to relieve stress on the levee system.

Perhaps what they could do is create a filled in ring around the city maybe 100 ro 200 yards wide and fifty feet high (well above even a Cat 5 storm surge), a natural flood wall of sorts. Create a nice park or bike path along it and perhaps build some housing on or shops along it as well. That would offer a natural buffer zone between the city and the waters surrounding it and you wouldn't have such a mamouth fill project either. Sure it would be big, but limited in scope. New Orleans isn't all that big as far as cities go, I think this sort of thing could be done. Of course it would be expensive and disruptive, but in the long rung worthwhile. After this flood would be the perfect time to implement such a plan while the political winds are favorable.
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