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Originally Posted by davidd
Building New Orleans below sea level was a mistake.
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It was not built below sea level.
I will not go into marshland rebuilding, but the city has been sinking because of way more important things such as the erosion of marshlands in South Lousiana. Where i grew up. Literally.
And since you dont even know new orleans wasnt built originally below sea level, i doubt you have a clue about marshlands and the importance of them to that region.
http://www.cnn.com/2005/TECH/science...a.wetlands.ap/
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Now, Curole and his fellow scientists and environmentalists hope the federal government will use the rebuilding of New Orleans as an opportunity to also save the state's rapidly disappearing wetlands.
"For years and years I had hoped that the facts would get the country to intellectually understand what could happen," said Curole, a hurricane expert and coastal restoration advocate. "I think we've got their attention."
Since the 1930s, according to scientists, Louisiana has lost about 1,900 square miles of marsh and swamp, and stands to see another 700 square miles slip away by 2050 if drastic measures aren't taken.
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My mom has been preaching wetland rebuilding to me since I was a child. Educate yourself on it, it has a lot to do with the situation.