New Orleans- restoration or relocation?

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Originally Posted by Busyman

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Originally Posted by manker

America copy something European? - that'll never catch on.

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How so? Most things in America are copies of Europe..

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he admitted :unsure:

i think it all turn out to a be a police state city and the "looters" have to start a underground faction againest the police and re-claim the city as their own. Then finally the looters win the war and push the police back...soon the looters will find the nuclear war head under the city, foolishly the citizens of the new built city now with nuclear atomic bomb power.. destroy america's capital to take over the country by going from city to city recuirting members to join them. stay tuned for the rest of the story. i might write a book

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Originally Posted by tracydani

Although the Venice thing sounds sorta cool :D How would Venice do in a class 5 hurricane :ph34r:

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Probably not so great... but then again, what would? :unsure:

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Originally Posted by Barbarossa

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Originally Posted by tracydani

Although the Venice thing sounds sorta cool :D How would Venice do in a class 5 hurricane :ph34r:

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Probably not so great... but then again, what would? :unsure:

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You never hear of any Inuit settlements getting decimated by hurricanes.

Sure, you say that they don't live anywhere near the tropics but I say it's more to do with aerodynamics and the low centre of gravity of an igloo.

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Originally Posted by manker

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Originally Posted by Barbarossa

Probably not so great... but then again, what would? :unsure:

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You never hear of any Inuit settlements getting decimated by hurricanes.

Sure, you say that they don't live anywhere near the tropics but I say it's more to do with aerodynamics and the low centre of gravity of an igloo.

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Ah, but they would get decimated by a heatwave... :shifty:

They haven't been so far, how do they do it :huh:

It's all in how hard you freeze the snow and ice. If you do it right, the breading will crisp up nicely without melting the igloo at all.

I will be interested to see how they rebuild.....if they comply with their floodplain ordinance and their mitigation plans. In order to be a member of the NFIP (National FloodPlain Insurance Program) they would have had to pass an ordinance which sets very strict, expensive-to-comply with regulations for any new structure build on a floodplain. The City's Mitigation plan, which is an addendum to their Emergency Preparedness Plan lays this out and even states they are responsible for maintaining any levees. FEMA would be responsible for overseeing compliance of these ordinances, though. By the time they rebuild......FEMA may be long gone. ;-)

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Originally Posted by Barbarossa

Having water everywhere works for Venice...

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Until it inevitably sinks into the ocean. Venice is sinking; it's estimated in 50 years it'll be underwater, and the city has been pouring money into the issue. Right now, I believe, their currant plan is a $5 billion series of sea-gates.

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