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smackson, I think you should have stated your own opinion rather than asking a question and jumping out of the flames.
Perhaps it is possible to learn from this mistake and build stronger levees. Unfortunately, from what I've heard from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, this isn't really possible. At least with the current levee system. Anyway... I think in the next 5 years the standard of living there will be significantly higher than it used to be and there won't be room for so many poor people, and thus it'll be smaller and better built. We shall see.
At the very least, people should acknowledge that the risk of another catastrophic hurricane hit on NOLA is possible in the next few decades, given that the barrier islands that used to protect it are receding. And that rebuilding the whole city again would cost more than investing in proper protection for all hurricanes that might possibly hit, given what we have seen in the last 100 years. And that it is worthwhile since NOLA is so important to the country's energy supply.
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