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New Orleans: A Geopolitical Prize
Strategic Forecasting ^
| 9/02/2005
| George Friedman
Posted on 09/02/2005 7:38:04 AM PDT by cll
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There are many bright minds here in Free Republic. How about if we start tossing ideas on how to rebuild New Orleans (and Gulfport, Biloxi for that matter)? Let's get to work on the New Orleans Reconstruction Authority.
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posted on
09/02/2005 7:38:06 AM PDT
by
cll
To: cll
How big a city do you need to maintain a port?
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posted on
09/02/2005 7:39:21 AM PDT
by
Mamzelle
To: cll
First, raise the city about 100 ft.
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posted on
09/02/2005 7:39:40 AM PDT
by
frogjerk
(LIBERALISM - Being miserable for no good reason)
To: cll
Ideally, I'd say move it upstream. However, the logistics of that are worse than even rebuilding where it is which is bad enough. I really have no idea!
Perhaps bring in a BUNCH of dirt?? Raise up the land? I dunno. They did that in Galveston in 1906.
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posted on
09/02/2005 7:39:52 AM PDT
by
RockinRight
(What part of ILLEGAL immigration do they not understand?)
To: cll
Rebuild the ports, foreget the city. Camps or SMALL towns only and rotate the people.
To: cll
New Orleans is sinking - even before this tragedy.
Enough is enough - build somewhere else!
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posted on
09/02/2005 7:42:15 AM PDT
by
nmh
(Intelligent people recognize Intelligent Design (God).)
To: Mamzelle
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posted on
09/02/2005 7:42:25 AM PDT
by
cll
To: cll
This is probably a silly question, but could they rebuild it--at least most of it--on higher ground?
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posted on
09/02/2005 7:43:12 AM PDT
by
Savage Beast
(Love is the ultimate aphrodisiac!)
To: cll
I don't agree. Raze it and start over elsewhere. Another Category 4 storm and all that money wasted. This is a golden opportunity to learn from the mistakes of the past.
(Denny Crane: "Sometimes you can only look for answers from God and failing that... and Fox News".)
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posted on
09/02/2005 7:43:22 AM PDT
by
goldstategop
(In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives On In My Heart Forever)
To: goldstategop
Keep the "charming" elements of NO as an expendable tourist attraction, but move the strategic elements to a better place.
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posted on
09/02/2005 7:45:00 AM PDT
by
angkor
To: cll
rebuild the city?
Right - build the city in the swamp, below sea level, on mud, in hurricane alley ... any other great method to commit suicide can you think of?
The democrats thought it was a great place for the plantations.
To: Savage Beast
What higher ground? Its below sea level! Unless you build 30 foot high sea walls - I don't see how you keep the next monster tide out.
(Denny Crane: "Sometimes you can only look for answers from God and failing that... and Fox News".)
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posted on
09/02/2005 7:45:10 AM PDT
by
goldstategop
(In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives On In My Heart Forever)
To: Mamzelle
How big a city do you need to maintain a port? Exactly! Probably only need a city of 50,000 at the most. Bull Doze 90%, raise the ground in the remaining 10%. But what do you do with the thousands of welfare people that called New Orleans home? Maybe New York will take them.
To: cll
So glad to see a fellow Stratfor reader. It's probably the best geopolitical analysis information source out there. I've been subscribed since '00.
To: cll
The obvious is don't allow any building to be built that does not meet Miami-Dade building code, and raise the first habitable floor to FEMA flood plain guidelines. That's what happened in Miami Florida after Andrew.
This should be applied to all hurricane prone areas.
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posted on
09/02/2005 7:49:26 AM PDT
by
Tarpon
Comment #16 Removed by Moderator
To: frogjerk
We could just make New Orleans the United State's Venice! Just keep it flooded 24x7. Can you say Gondolas?
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posted on
09/02/2005 8:00:18 AM PDT
by
MarkeyD
(Cindy - The new 'C' word! I really, really loathe liberals.)
To: cll
I picture a New World Venice...with alligators.
To: cll
Fine, but do it smart this next time. Build on pylons or build things which float.
To: MarkeyD
beat me - but I get the alligators
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