Yup, and continental drift will continue, volcanoes will awaken and go dorment, lightening strikes and grass fires will happen, earth quakes will continue.
Darn, is there no place that is ok to build? ;)
And some places face far less risk than others, and some actions both deal with existing risk and future risk such as the Mississippi changing channels to the west.
Saying that every place has some risk, so why bother, isn't being serious.
"what exactly do we "need" about NO, the way it was? I'm not talking about the people, I'm talking about the city itself."
The port is very important .... port of N.O. is the fifth largest port in the world. Only Singapore, Rotterdam, Shanghai and Hong Kong are bigger. By tonnage, something like a quarter of America's exports pass right through the port of NO.