NO Riverwalk may be on fire - interdictor blog

[ihaveaquestion]

No more info than that. http://mgno.com/

[Old and In the Way]

1. I know this is a dumb question, but

Why aren't there air assets equipped for fighting forest fires on the scene? One of these helicopters could manage keep any fires minimized, I'd think.

[jus_the_facts]

2. the speaker of the house said don't rebuild New Orleans...

...so I guess they'll just let it burn itself out...cheaper that way you know..all that blight once called the French Quarter...maybe they'll rebuild a Freedom Quarter in it's place.

[ihaveaquestion]

4. Personally, I'm not opposed to

putting rebuilding NO on hold for a discussion of the merits. Figure out what it would cost to restore all or part of NO back to it's natural state. It might be the best thing to do.

[jus_the_facts]

5. sure..... what the fuck ever...said in hindsight....

:crazy:

[Old and In the Way]

6. NO is a strategic port.

The whole mid-west uses the waterway to move high volume/low value goods (grains/fertilizers) via the Missippi River. It will not go away. The question is, how to rebuild. Personally, I don't know why they don't consider using all of the clean regional debris as landfill to build up NO above sea level...they are going to need to dispose of it, why not do it creatively?

[ihaveaquestion]

7. Could work - but isn't NO sinking?

Just like Venice? It'd have to be built up again and again, ad infinitum.

[Old and In the Way]

8. I'll bet there's enough qualified debris that could be crushed/sterilized

to build it up 20" above sea level. Seems you could do this in a systematic basis as they rebuild the city.

[Zynx]

11. It is indeed sinking. No bedrock under the city.

[TahitiNut]

9. It wouldn't be feasible.

Consider the enormous acreage of pavement, building foundations, and hundreds of miles of sewers, water mains, and utilities - even in residential neighborhoods. Dig down almost anywhere to 6' and you've got water.

A sanitary landfill requires a looong period of compaction and settling, only partially hastend by mechanical compaction methods.

[Old and In the Way]

10. Well, you're going to have a million people looking for work.

Why not put them to work rebuilding their city? We have an economic disaster as well as a physical disaster...people will need meaningful work and money. Seems this would be a logical and legitimate application of government investment.

The downside, of course, is that the Republicans would be mismanaging this project.

[MaineDem]

3. Isn't that adjacent to the Convention Center? (nt)