New Orleans levees are in the best shape ever. Experts say it's not enough.

in vitalife •  4 years ago 

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Fifteen years after Hurricane Katrina exposed the New Orleans area's levee system as a "system in name only," its redesign and reconstruction — at a cost of $14.6 billion

Interesting article about the levee system in South Louisiana and what the next steps are for it. The amount of money they spent on the levee system is staggering, and the cost isn't over yet, or will ever be over. I remember when a billion was a lot of money, not so anymore. How much would it cost to ask everyone in the area to just leave, abandon it? I'm joking because I love the area, but the money thrown at this shouldn't be unlimited. At some point people have to accept risk for where they live, just saying.

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https://www.nola.com/news/environment/article_80c27be8-e3e7-11ea-bbf9-1731ebdd9171.html

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Those levees might be tested with the approaching storm....

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