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Originally Posted by DarkCircus
That's actually not entirely true, because only parts of the city are sinking, and they are sinking because the engineering of the levee's was half assed at best. The sea level of the french quarter is 5 feet above, wherein in Midcity it's 14 feet below. With the proper resources, and correction of the mistakes that the ACOF has now admitted to, New Orleans faces no imminent danger other than natural disaster.
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It IS entirely true. New Orleans is sinking regardless of human activity, and it will continue to do so. The sea levels are rising and will continue to rise for the foreseeable future. Saying that New Orleans faces no imminent threat other than natural disaster is like saying that a person would probably live a long life if they don't' befall an accident or disease other than the fact that they will expire from old age someday. In the grand scheme of things, say a couple of hundred years, New Orleans will have to be abandoned unless they want to spend tens of billions of dollars in the largest engineering project in human history to protect it.
Here is just one link where you cann read about it, there are many more.
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/n...w-orleans.html