> > Well, I never said it would work.
> > The saturated subsoil is the big problem, and bedrock is a long way down. It was never a very good place to build a city. But some neighborhoods are pretty much a total loss anyway, so maybe ten square blocks of fill would be reasonable. Contrary to popular belief, there are large areas of New Orleans that are at, or above sea level. I think the city is worth saving.
> > Howard
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> Not only is the city worth saving, the parts of it that service the port must be saved. That port always been very important to the economy. When Spain closed the port to American commerce in 1802, it created a political firestorm and huge economic difficulty.

It's a good cruise port, too. We sailed out of there with our daughter, her husband and two kids. We were sailing down the Mississippi River as the sun went down. A week later we came back into the river mouth at night and there were brightly lighted oil rigs every where. In the darkness, they looked like tiered birthday cakes.
Howard