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Originally Posted by Neo
Forgive me I can't remember the name, but someone found an article in some engineering magazine from some years ago which stated that it was just a matter of time before New Orleans got wiped off the map by a major storm. Of course no one wanted to listen. The location itself is geologically unsound. We can build all the levees we want - we're just holding off the inevitable.
California is screwed too. Over our liftime there is a 1/20 chance of a major earthquake.
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I haven't read the article you're talking about, so of course I could be wrong. But it sounds like an article saying what everyone already knew before Katrina hit, but inexplicably the locals didn't seem to care about. Everyone from New Orleans would tell you, if you asked them about it, that if New Orleans were to get a direct hit from a major hurricane, the city would be gone. Then after telling you they would go back to drinking their hurricane and laugh and say, "So, what bar are we headed to next?"
It was no secret that the levees weren't designed for anything greater than category 3. I have no idea why they were designed that way in the first place.