You're preaching to the chior. The only true solution is to restore the wetlands to ensure that even a Cat 5 storm surge will be attenuated sufficiantly to not pose a threat.
However, the people need 100 year storm protection for mainly morale reasons. The rest of what you suggest is happening. But if there is no 100 year protection, there will be no people to work or live there. Thus the higher gas prices, etc. People want to move back and rebuild. Most are there and doing what you suggest voluntarily, at thier own expense in some cases. But to get them to feel safe, 100 year protection needs to be restored. 3 billion is a drop in the bucket compared to what is required, but it is a needed start. You don't live here, so I don't expect you to understand the morale social issues involved here. The people of lower Plaqemines Parish have thier souls tied to the area. Most would rather die than live and work anywhere else. > But three BILLION will not solve the problem. It will just restore > the > system to what it was before, is my understanding. To FIX the problem > by strengthening those levees they are estimating more like 10-12 > billion. And, as we know with any large government engineering > contract, the actual costs will be double, triple or more the > original > estimate. If it works at all. > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:203514 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
