Tom, If you want to refer us to an item, give us a link. Don't assume that we will follow the same path of sub-links as you did.

References are unique and should ALL be acknowledged and posted. Otherwise, you're degenerating into the froth and spray crowd.

At the end of the day, BOTH sides are right. More aggressive levees and flood prevention WILL affect natural habitats - it's part of Man's eternal quest to "tame" nature. The trick is to find a compromise, one element of which is to restrain population growth in floodlands.

There's no problem with the old city in N'O. In fact a few more hurricanes and it could end up as an offshore island of mild decadence with bars and casinos. The problem is the rest of town, camped in the swamplands around it.