CAN New Orleans be rebuilt? [View All]

[Silverhair]

There are lots of threads on whether or not New Orleans should be rebuilt. But is it even possible to rebuild it? I am NOT an engineer. All I know about this subject is what I have read on the internet in the past couple of days, and what a little bit of common sense can see.

The levees can't be repaired until the water stops flowing rapidly through them. All repair equipment will have to be on barges and the barges will need to be stationary. Right now the water is rapidly flowing through the breeches. And nothing can be done until the leveees are repaired. So it appears the order of events will be:

1. Let flooding continue until New Orleans is full, and the leeve breech does not have rapid flow.

2. Fix levee. (Will the flood have weakened other parts of the levee?)

3. Fix pumps. Since the pumps will be underwater, that may be an interesting challenge. Maybe get new pumps?

4. Pump out water.

5. Build new, better levee system.

5. Bulldoze all of the old homes. After having had water sit in them for several months, they will not be able to be repaired.

6. Figure out who own what. Many deeds, records, & other legal papers will have been lost, so this may be a considerable task.

Now, you are ready to attempt rebuilding. Can it even be done?