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To: Condor who wrote (474)	9/6/2005 7:47:06 PM
From: Rande Is	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1118

Hey Condor, I hope you are well. No, by all means. . .this is exactly the place to think out loud and way outside the box. You know me. I think you are right. If U.S. taxpayers must foot the bill to rebuild New Orleans, then we should have a say in how it is done. My thinking is this. . . scientists are saying the mold growth inside the walls of the flooded homes could very well make them uninhabitable at any cost. He was talking about all of them. Black mold is deadly and nearly impossible to eradacate. . . especially when given such a long head start. Imagine bulldozers tearing down nearly all of what is left of the residential areas which were flooded. By all means, make wonderful parks out of much of the area below sea level. . . the best parks and memorials anywhere. Don't rebuild homes below sea level ever again. It simply doesn't work! Then build some nice high rises on higher ground, which can withstand the winds and stay dry from floods. Make these available in one capacity or another, (according to deed records) to those who lost their homes there. Be fair and be generous. Rande Is

To: Condor who wrote (474)	9/6/2005 10:30:24 PM
From: tsigprofit	Read Replies (5) \| Respond to of 1118

The French Quarter remains largely dry. I think most should be rebuilt - but to a standard to survive a Strong Cat 5 Future Hurricane, with redundant levees - using Dutch help, and our own best engineers. It must survive a direct hit by Katrina or Camille - based on computer models to satisfy the new requirement. And redundant water pumps. It can be done. Look - we don't hold a vote when disaster aid is needed for Florida, New York, or California. The whole Gulf Coast is vulnerable to hurricanes like this, as are the Carolinas, and Florida. To be safe, we could evacuate the first 50 miles of coast from Texas to Alabama - and all of Florida - but that's not going to happen... There are other areas beneath sea level - heard today that part of Northern California is protected by dikes and levees also - that they know would breach and flood in the Big Earthquake that will happen someday. Probably the most vulnerable part of the country - not New Orleans or California. Not Florida. Try Missouri. St Louis and Southern Illinois. The New Madrid area - had the largest earthquake in US history in the 1800s - but was unpopulated then. To be safe - we could evacuate all of Missouri - maybe half of Illinois. Not going to happen. New Orleans is a great city - and it will be repaired, and largely rebuilt.