Will another flood wipe out New Orleans?

by Dorothy Jo Bourbeau

This question is like asking will LA get hit with another earthquake. The question should read When will another flood wipe out New Orleans. New Orleans, at its highest point, ...read more

by Kim Sharpe

I believe that it is inevitable that New Orleans will get hit again by a major Hurricane at some point in history. And, no matter how much people want to avoid the issue, the...read more

by Penelope Illston

The answer to this unfortunately is yes. But the same goes for any sea-level areas, which are not adequately protected against the increasingly turbulent weather conditions whic...read more

by Ann Marie Dwyer

As a native Louisianian, the tragedy of Hurricane Katrina was reminiscent of hurricanes past: Camille, Betsy, Andrew. The media circus surrounding Katrina was nothing more than...read more

by Jim Smoot

Years ago the people of the delta region made some disastrous decisions that are now being felt by the people of Louisiana and Mississippi. In order to control flooding along t...read more

by Loretta

On September 1, 2008, hurricane Gustav reached winds of 86 mph in Louisiana, as the oil platforms clocked wind speeds at 100 knots. Water pushed up from hurricane Gustav contin...read more

by Danette M. Scott

Will another flood wipe out New Orleans? Historically a flood caused by a hurricane has wiped out New Orleans almost every century. The fact that New Orleans still does not have...read more

by Bill Whitney

I don't think that there is any doubt that New Orleans will be heavily damaged by another flood sometime. When you build a city that is below sea level and it is built on the s...read more

by Francis Palmieri

New Orleans is a city in critical condition. When the question of will another flood wipe out the city, we must look at the willingness of those that control this city. First of...read more

by Phil Clark

Yes. I am convinced we have neither the political, financial, and technological will to save the city. Katrina was just one onslaught of nature that the city faces. As climat...read more

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by Michael Patrick

Sure, New Orleans will suffer many more floods, but I don't believe it will ever be "wiped out" per say by a hurricane surge or a swollen Mississippi. The city will face more o...read more

by Aldo Bonincontro

Some weeks ago, I have seen another documentary at the Italian TV making also a reconstruction of Katrina destructive path across the Gulf of Mexico and the south of Louisiana a...read more

by Ronnie Plaiscia Jr.

I live a mere footstep away from New Orleans, in St. Bernard Parish, and I saw what Katrina did to my home. I walked through the wreckage, trudged through the thick sludge cover...read more

by David Brown

There is an old saying, "History Repeats itself," comes to mind in answering this question. The floods provided by Hurricane Katrina and the levies giving way, really did some ...read more

by Kerry L. Thomas

Unfortunately I think that New Orleans will experience another catastrophic storm at some point in the future. Will this flood wipe out the city? The answer will be yes- as long...read more

by LaSal

Let's look at this logically. First. Levee's that didn't work, which was proven during Katrina, have simply been repaired. So what we've fixed, still won't work. Nice. Sec...read more

by Victoria Bilyeu

I believe that New Orleans as well as other coastal cities will be wiped out again. It is a fact that we can not control what happens with the weather and with sea levels rising...read more

by Kelly Schlicht

The Year 2004 was pretty descriptive in a qualitative and quantitative analytical search in Quantum Theory of data. With absit omen, I feel that our scientific community has go...read more

by Kenya Evans

Undoubtedly, New Orleans will be faced with another disaster, possibly with the same impact of Katrina and unfortunately, the city is still not prepared for it. The government's...read more

by Pegg Wible

As sad as it is, it is just a matter of time that the entire gulf area will yet again be hit with a devastating hurricane(s)and flooding waters. How many lives must be lost bef...read more