Re-building a city ina hole surrounded by water is just dumb. More insane than building it there in the first place.
It's 25 feet below the water line. 25 FEET! Would you build a house inside a 25 foot deep swimming pool surounded by water? Some dolts would if they could get the stupid federal gov't to fund it then provide them with flood insurance.
* NOTE - The movers and shakers in Louisiana are praising the president this AM. Which means that the people that run the most corrupt state in the country are well on their way to stealing huges amounts of US Treasury dollars from the taxpayers.
Vision, Motivation, Goals, Capitalism...........yep I like it.
RE: your #16: I happen to totally agree with you.