Past it's EXP date

A few years ago the Red River of the North which flows between North Dakota and Minnesota flooded badly. You might remember that Grand Forks was flooded under feet of water.

The federal Government came in and demanded that those people living in flood prone areas had to sell their homes to the government and move out. Those areas became parks, levees and such.

It made sense.

If you build on some of the Outer Banks on the east coast and a storm comes along destroying your property, collect your insurance and go home. Federal insurance agencies are refusing to allow you to rebuild.

So, for New Orleans, 20 feet below sea level here are some absolutes:

• What just happened will happen again
• The sea is rising
• You can’t go up and up and up forever

I know this sounds cruel, but, would someone make a good argument for rebuilding the lowest parts of New Orleans. Or what about raising the whole city. First raze then raise.

I love New Orleans. I have been there often. It’s a rollicking place. It could be just as rollicking 30 feet higher.

This may be a city just reaching it’s expiration date.

Like Atlantis.