Comments on: On Rebuilding New Orleans http://www.blackinformant.com/uncategorized/on-rebuilding-new-orleans Engaging the culture by challenging the status quo Mon, 06 Feb 2012 14:52:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Dolphin http://www.blackinformant.com/uncategorized/on-rebuilding-new-orleans/comment-page-1#comment-2673 Dolphin Thu, 23 Mar 2006 20:37:18 +0000 http://blackinformant.com/2006/03/21/on-rebuilding-new-orleans/#comment-2673 Since storms of this size will overtop the levees every time, it will happen again. South Beach, Malibu, NO, rebuild if you want, but do it with your own insurance. Since storms of this size will overtop the levees every time, it will happen again. South Beach, Malibu, NO, rebuild if you want, but do it with your own insurance.

]]> By: Saudia http://www.blackinformant.com/uncategorized/on-rebuilding-new-orleans/comment-page-1#comment-2672 Saudia Thu, 23 Mar 2006 16:56:06 +0000 http://blackinformant.com/2006/03/21/on-rebuilding-new-orleans/#comment-2672 Brian, Read the reports. The problem with the levees was that they were in bad shape. They had not been maintained. They were not structurally sound. Katrina did very little to damage New Orleans. It was the water from the broken levees. So while rebuilding is an option for some, the bigger question that needs to be asked is “What is the city of New Orleans and the state of Louisiana going to do to insure that the levees are structurally sound and then well maintained?” Brian,

Read the reports. The problem with the levees was that they were in bad shape. They had not been maintained. They were not structurally sound. Katrina did very little to damage New Orleans. It was the water from the broken levees.

So while rebuilding is an option for some, the bigger question that needs to be asked is “What is the city of New Orleans and the state of Louisiana going to do to insure that the levees are structurally sound and then well maintained?”

]]> By: Brian http://www.blackinformant.com/uncategorized/on-rebuilding-new-orleans/comment-page-1#comment-2671 Brian Thu, 23 Mar 2006 16:16:19 +0000 http://blackinformant.com/2006/03/21/on-rebuilding-new-orleans/#comment-2671 Guess what rebuilding in these areas will not raise the sea level. The reason the levees were in a position to be breached in the first place is because New Orleans is UNDER SEA LEVEL , which means if a lot of water comes again this will overflow the levees again. Guess what rebuilding in these areas will not raise the sea level. The reason the levees were in a position to be breached in the first place is because New Orleans is UNDER SEA LEVEL , which means if a lot of water comes again this will overflow the levees again.

]]> By: Saudia http://www.blackinformant.com/uncategorized/on-rebuilding-new-orleans/comment-page-1#comment-2670 Saudia Thu, 23 Mar 2006 14:15:41 +0000 http://blackinformant.com/2006/03/21/on-rebuilding-new-orleans/#comment-2670 No one ask these questions when rich folks build in Malibu and the mud slides tear their houses down. Or in South Beach when they build right on the shore line and get hit year after year. Please if people want to go back to NO and can afford to rebuild then great for them. Hopefully this time the levees with withstand the pressure. No one ask these questions when rich folks build in Malibu and the mud slides tear their houses down. Or in South Beach when they build right on the shore line and get hit year after year. Please if people want to go back to NO and can afford to rebuild then great for them. Hopefully this time the levees with withstand the pressure.

]]> By: Dorothy http://www.blackinformant.com/uncategorized/on-rebuilding-new-orleans/comment-page-1#comment-2669 Dorothy Wed, 22 Mar 2006 23:14:41 +0000 http://blackinformant.com/2006/03/21/on-rebuilding-new-orleans/#comment-2669 No, due to property values won't increase and flood insurance will. No, due to property values won’t increase and flood insurance will.

]]> By: Dolphin http://www.blackinformant.com/uncategorized/on-rebuilding-new-orleans/comment-page-1#comment-2668 Dolphin Wed, 22 Mar 2006 11:31:49 +0000 http://blackinformant.com/2006/03/21/on-rebuilding-new-orleans/#comment-2668 Right on Duane. This is America - build where you want, but don't reach into my pocket when your house burns, gets swallowed by an earthquake, or when you find out that a hurricane has sucked up your beachfront home. Building in hazard areas has to be regulated by the government, if for no other reason, than the safety of the people. But here we go again. The NO situation has become a racial issue. Right on Duane. This is America – build where you want, but don’t reach into my pocket when your house burns, gets swallowed by an earthquake, or when you find out that a hurricane has sucked up your beachfront home.

Building in hazard areas has to be regulated by the government, if for no other reason, than the safety of the people.

But here we go again. The NO situation has become a racial issue.

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