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Show Me the Levee
Paul at WizBang posts a reality check concerning the controversy in some people's minds regarding rebuilding New Orleans' levee system, the failure of the old one, and any questions concerning whether or not they should be rebuilt.
Personally, I can't go so far as to blame the Federal government for the catastrophe—I blame Katrina herself—but I'm with Paul that any talk of abandoning or "moving" New Orleans is ludicrous. Setting aside the city's historical importance and the fact that it's one of the few cities in the US that doesn't resemble a big WalMart, setting aside it's importance as a major port both to and from the US heartland, and setting aside the interests of the people—Americans—who live there, the fact remains that New Orleans and her surrounding parishes represent billions or perhaps trillions of dollars-worth of capital built up over centuries, and abandoning that capital would prove a depression-inducing folly of the highest order.
Yes, New Orleans is low-lying with some parts below sea-level, and yes, Louisiana's Gulf coast is eroding. So what? We're talking about the mouth of the Mississippi here, and whether it is at Baton Rouge, or Vicksburg, or Memphis, wherever this mighty river meets the sea will be or become low-lying and eventually face the same considerations that New Orleans faces now.
Sorry America, but prudence requires you to get up off of your wallet and make New Orleans surge-proof. Yes it's going to cost a lot, but not nearly as much as it will if we don't act.
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