Reply #7: watching the television news gives the opposite opinion. [View All]

[Old Mouse]

You are of course, correct. None of the existing, flooded buildings, homes, shops restaurants, offices, will ever be habitable again. The city would have to be effectively razed before rebuilding, and even if undertook the soil contamination would present significant problems.

It is possible that despite the toxicity, the decision could be made to just replace the bottom stories of sheetrock and start moving people back in, for an illusion of return to normalcy regardless of the health dangers.

But look on the bright side, even though we are in the middle of complete global environmental collapse, we can look forward to Bush's further dismantling of environmental protections as the solution to disaster!