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Re:After a $14B Upgrade, New Orleans’ Levees Are Sinking by Animats on Thursday April 18, 2019 @11:42PM (#19696928)
New Orleans only has about 300,000 people. There's high ground a few miles north. Relocation, not levees.

Florida is worse off. Florida doesn't have much high ground.

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Re:After a $14B Upgrade, New Orleans’ Levees Are Sinking by mirimir on Thursday April 18, 2019 @11:49PM (#19696958)
Indeed. This was totally predictable. New Orleans has been sinking for centuries. And sea level rise is inevitably occurring at an increasing rate.

So yes, just move everybody. There can be boat tours. Same for Florida. With porous limestone, it's a lost cause. Even New York City will be a challenge. Lots of Manhattan is built on old garbage.

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