Should New Orleans be rebuilt ?

[sellitman]

IF...... New Orleans can be re-built should it be? Many think rebuilding the city behind the levees is a recipe for another disaster. What do you think?

[rkc3]

1. Chose other. It should be rebuilt, but only if Halliburton and Bechtel

get the contracts (no-bid of course) to do the work. Their efficiency in Iraq ensures they'll get the job done on time and under budget - assuming there are requirements for either schedule or budget.

[JimmyJazz]

2. How can you even think about such things right now?

I'm not normally one to tell people what they should think, feel and post, but I can't even begin to wrap my brain around what should happen 6 hours from now let alone months or years from now.

I'm sorry. I just don't get the timing of this thread, I suppose.

[donheld]

3. Yea JimmyJazz you're right

Lets give it time. We have a lot of other things to think about now. Lots of death and sadness. We can worry about rebuilding somehow, somewhere later.

[sellitman]

5. Obviously this question palls in comparison with more pressing needs but

the timing won't be better in a month. By that time the choice will already have been made.

[FloridaPat]

4. I don't live there. Not my choice. Now as for tax money - I'd rather it

go to any rebuilding of NO - either on present site or elsewhere - then Iraq. How many weeks of Iraq money would it take to rebuild NO? 1/2 year? And the insurance companies should pay for a lot of it.

Chicago many years ago had a flood problem, so in one section of town they raise the streets up 1 buildings worth. I think they did the same in Seattle. The historic sections could probably just be pulled up.