Reply #166: Listen, we're not saying 'write her off' [View All]

[Occulus]

not yet. It's far, far too early to actually make the decisions as to what will and will not be rebuilt. I feel it is very safe to say that no matter what form Nola (it's a nice name, an acronym from New Orleans, Louisiana, and it seems to evoke strength and longevity for some reason) eventually takes, she will be changed forever by this disaster.

The bold yet somehow ever noble Nola you knew went and got into a car wreck. We have to somehow put her back together- insist upon it- or she will certainly die.

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That's was meant out of deepest respect for the town I visited once as a kid. I loved it, and I wanted to go to Mardi Gras there someday.

I think if there is substantial rebuilding on the site the old city exists- I almost used the past tense just now- we need to address the fact that much of it is below sea level. Unless we have some sort of science-fictiony force field, we need to raise things up so they 1) can remain unflooded by a storm such as Katrina and 2) don't sink any more.