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View Full Version : If Gustav Wipes Out New Orleans, Should We Rebuild It?


Scott
08-31-2008, 02:16 PM
Should you spend millions of dollars rebuilding it and wait for the next storm therefore wasting the millions of dollars?
Samus-Fan
08-31-2008, 03:02 PM
No,
It isn't worth it.
They won't do the work themselves, and the tax-payers are most likely not going to want to.

Not when they won't build themselves or if another hurricane comes back.
jakncoke
08-31-2008, 03:27 PM
Yes we should rebuild and then make the levee's much, much better.


Edit: Also, Gustav is weakening and is at 115 mph, although they're is a hot spot of water 90 miles out. I really doubt New Orleans is going to get knocked out like Katrina did to it.
Samus-Fan
08-31-2008, 03:28 PM
Yes we should rebuild and then make the levee's much, much better.

They already had the chance to do that, and they didn't do it, So why should we give them ANOTHER chance and just waste our money? Because I bet you that they are not going to raise New Orleans about sea level, will they?
rukisuto
08-31-2008, 03:30 PM
Yes we should rebuild and then make the levee's much, much better.


Edit: Also, Gustav is weakening and is at 115 mph, although they're is a hot spot of water 90 miles out. I really doubt New Orleans is going to get knocked out like Katrina did to it.

I agree on the levees, but not the city.
They can do it themselves, I don't want to pay for it.
jakncoke
08-31-2008, 03:32 PM
I agree on the levees, but not the city.
They can do it themselves, I don't want to pay for it.

taxpayers pay billions a year on random things 1000's of miles away, why would you not want to help out your own country?
conman1000
08-31-2008, 07:43 PM
No to much work to get destroyed again 10 mintues later.
jakncoke
08-31-2008, 08:14 PM
the lack of national pride itt sickens me. without New Orleans we are a lesser america.
YuriPrime
08-31-2008, 08:22 PM
How about holding off on rebuilding the city for a few years. Rebuild the levees first, and wait until another big hurricane comes. If the levees show that they can withstand a major hurricane, then rebuilding the city would make sense. Otherwise no.
Trunks
08-31-2008, 09:46 PM
I think it would be easier in long term effects to fill it in. Yes, I know it would take years, but the sea level is rising every year as it is. This isn't going to be the last hurricane to hit it.
LemonRising
09-04-2008, 09:27 AM
Haha, this is funny. I think my school cares more about new orleans than you guys do XDDD
And I live in Canada.
My two best friends just got back from down there, they were rebuilding houses. This is their second time going and they would probably go next year if they weren't graduating. (:
Yeah, the government ****ed up (is that news?), that's where it's our place to make it better, to fix it as best we can, you know, feel proud of the people in your country for a millisecond? New Orleans is a unique place, I think it's worth taking care of. Gustav calmed down and there besides some minor flooding I believe it was ok, from what my friends tell me.
Unfortunately, from the sounds of it, no one gives a rats ass.