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To: SilentZ who wrote (249134)	9/3/2005 11:44:13 PM
From: steve harris	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1572259

My guess is, we all recognize the levees were built for a cat3. I have to assume they were not upgraded to withstand a cat5 because they assumed if a cat5 hit head-on, there would be nothing left in the city to protect.

To: SilentZ who wrote (249134)	9/4/2005 12:05:33 AM
From: combjelly	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1572259

"And other places should have it." Well, that sounds fine. But Cat. 5 hurricanes that hit land are rare. And the costs of protecting against such is pretty high. To make it worse, a Cat. 5 can hit anywhere from the Mexican border to the Canadian border. Arguably New Orleans should have had it. But NYC? Or Port Aransas? For different reasons, they probably shouldn't. I think that NOLA should have had that protection. But the argument for other cities isn't quite as compelling.