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Originally posted by AGDee
As they area already talking about how they will rebuild and New Orleans will rise again, part of me wonders whether that's a smart idea. Unless they can come up with a levee that can handle a Cat 5, then they are just setting themselves up to go through this again.
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No, it will definitely happen, and I don't think that's a bad idea.
New Orleans levees are currently built to handle Cat 3 storms. They only gave in a handful of places -- granted that was enough to wreck havoc. But this was a 500 year storm, meaning only to be expected once in any 500 year period.
They'll rebuild, and they should. New Orleans has too much history and too much pride not be rebuild. And they may strengthen the levees in the process.
I can speak from some experience with living through major hurricane damage. When it happens, a real "we're not going to let this defeat us" attitude takes over. It becomes important to rebuild -- it's a kind of victory over the tragedy.