New Orleans Solution

[SagaLore]

I have a fix for the NO problem.

Instead of the government spending all this money to rebuild NO, it should buy NO. Turn the entire area that is below sea level into a huge Naval base.

 

Originally posted by: SagaLore
I have a fix for the NO problem.

Instead of the government spending all this money to rebuild NO, it should buy NO. Turn the entire area that is below sea level into a huge Naval base.

:roll:

 

[imported_Pablo]

explain.

 

[Linux23]

Originally posted by: buck

Originally posted by: SagaLore
I have a fix for the NO problem.

Instead of the government spending all this money to rebuild NO, it should buy NO. Turn the entire area that is below sea level into a huge Naval base.

:roll:

 

[MisterJackson]

A naval base where they outfit battleships and destroyers as casino boats!!!

 

What about the people that called it home for generations? What about the culture there? Tell us you just had a brain fart or something.

 

[Zysoclaplem]

Meh just make it part of Texas. We have enough billionaire oil tycoons here. Would we be bigger than Alaska then?

 

[SagaLore]

Originally posted by: Pablo
explain.

Rebuilding residential and commerical property has far more overhead than a military base. Roads, sewer, electricity, water, etc.; the infrastucture is a lot more complicated and dense for civilians. NO is under sea level, so it will always be at risk to flooding again. However, a military base can cope with this by building their roads and buildings much higher.

Anyways the reason it would be a naval base is because NO has access to waterways that are close to the ocean. Lake Pontchartrain can be a training area.

 

[SarcasticDwarf]

Actually, here is a better solution. Inform the city that federally-subsidized flood insurance (which is all flood insurance) will no longer be offered. By out anyone that wants to sell. Everyone that is left (which will only be a very small number of people) is welcome to live there. People are welcome to move in. We just won't be paying for them.

 

[BooGiMaN]

Originally posted by: buck
What about the people that called it home for generations? What about the culture there? Tell us you just had a brain fart or something.

a lot of investors are already buying up this prime real estate and plannignt o build mansions on what once was occuppied by famiies for generations...people will always profit from the misfortune of others

 

[shud]

Turn it into a Sealab.

 

[SagaLore]

Originally posted by: buck
What about the people that called it home for generations? What about the culture there? Tell us you just had a brain fart or something.

Culture is about who you are, not what piece of land you happen to occupy. With the buyout, NO residents can either move back to higher ground surrounding NO, or go elsewhere in this big U.S.A.

 

[SMOGZINN]

Originally posted by: SagaLore
I have a fix for the NO problem.

Instead of the government spending all this money to rebuild NO, it should buy NO. Turn the entire area that is below sea level into a huge Naval base.

We should go to France and demand out money back for the entire Louisiana Purchase! We were sold defective land! :disgust:

 

[theknight571]

See if we can get a refund from France.

Level one of the Rocky Mountains and fill in the basin... then rebuild.

I'm not really sure what the solution is...but we can all have a little fun.

- TK

 

[SagaLore]

Originally posted by: SMOGZINN

Originally posted by: SagaLore
I have a fix for the NO problem.

Instead of the government spending all this money to rebuild NO, it should buy NO. Turn the entire area that is below sea level into a huge Naval base.

We should go to France and demand out money back for the entire Louisiana Purchase! We were sold defective land! :disgust:

Or not?

 

[dmcowen674]

Originally posted by: SagaLore
I have a fix for the NO problem.

Instead of the government spending all this money to rebuild NO, it should buy NO. Turn the entire area that is below sea level into a huge Naval base.

What money is being spent?

All the local Municiplaities are going broke, laid everyone off.

Most infrastructure is gone. Today Touro Hospital laid off most of it's staff.

There is no money coming to the hands of any locals to rebuild or Municipalities.

Looks like the plan to leave New Orleans to fade into oblivion has already been put in place.

 

[loup garou]

Gee, great idea. :roll:

 

[skace]

Honestly, I would think finding the best use for the land would really be a good thing. But I don't live there. If it made for a perfect naval base area and would free up other better land else where, then wouldn't that benefit everyone? I don't know but it makes sense. Unfortunately, people will just rebuild, and history will repeat.

 

[SMOGZINN]

Originally posted by: dmcowen674

Originally posted by: SagaLore
I have a fix for the NO problem.

Instead of the government spending all this money to rebuild NO, it should buy NO. Turn the entire area that is below sea level into a huge Naval base.

What money is being spent?

All the local Municiplaities are going broke, laid everyone off.

Most infrastructure is gone. Today Touro Hospital laid off most of it's staff.

There is no money coming to the hands of any locals to rebuild or Municipalities.

Looks like the plan to leave New Orleans to fade into oblivion has already been put in place.

I'm just waiting for the property value to go down enough then I am going to buy a large chunck of it and use it to set up experimental communities based on posts in P&N.

 

[zoiks]

Originally posted by: SagaLore

Originally posted by: SMOGZINN

Originally posted by: SagaLore
I have a fix for the NO problem.

Instead of the government spending all this money to rebuild NO, it should buy NO. Turn the entire area that is below sea level into a huge Naval base.

We should go to France and demand out money back for the entire Louisiana Purchase! We were sold defective land! :disgust:

Or not?

Actually France wants the statue of liberty back.
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[Queasy]

Errr No. New Orleans is sitting on a major shipping lane. That's not the place to put a Naval base and New Orleans is needed for that purpose alone. Rebuilding smartly and rooting out the ingrained corruption in the city of New Orleans would be a better way to go.

 

Originally posted by: zoiks

Originally posted by: SagaLore

Originally posted by: SMOGZINN

Originally posted by: SagaLore
I have a fix for the NO problem.

Instead of the government spending all this money to rebuild NO, it should buy NO. Turn the entire area that is below sea level into a huge Naval base.

We should go to France and demand out money back for the entire Louisiana Purchase! We were sold defective land! :disgust:

Or not?

Actually France wants the statue of liberty back.
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How about we give them Jerry Lewis and David hasselhoff and call it even.

 

[farmercal]

Here's the plan. Buy everyone out, then dump all the trash from around the country until the pile is well above sea level, then bring in some fill dirt and start building again. No more worrying about flooding and the land will double in value.

 

[SagaLore]

Originally posted by: farmercal
Here's the plan. Buy everyone out, then dump all the trash from around the country until the pile is well above sea level, then bring in some fill dirt and start building again. No more worrying about flooding and the land will double in value.

My instructor for a Small Business class I'm taking proposed that EXACT same thing. :Q

 

[SMOGZINN]

Originally posted by: SagaLore

Originally posted by: farmercal
Here's the plan. Buy everyone out, then dump all the trash from around the country until the pile is well above sea level, then bring in some fill dirt and start building again. No more worrying about flooding and the land will double in value.

My instructor for a Small Business class I'm taking proposed that EXACT same thing. :Q

Two words: Domed City!