even more daunting question for NOLA???

[shaggy]

After the major flooding that followed hurricane floyd here in my own county many neighborhoods were deeming as a risk and were not allowed to be rebuilt.There were majors government buyouts and now many places are just void of anything.Driving thru there is like a trip thru a neighborhood that was never built there are curbs and driveways but no homes.This was a 500 year flood and the question is this!


This is bound to happen again to a city that lies in a bowl that is below sea level and next to one of the most active tropical regions in the world what happens if the government says no more building in these areas and parts of NOLA become vacant lots and uninhabitable?Can they do this and will they do this?

[Talon402]

Probably something through eminent domain, declaring that for the public good, this land is closed for development.

There would for sure be a battle in the courts though.

[shaggy]

just recently here in my town a very rich developer who has built NUMEROUS housing developments for the local college had weasled his way into the city council and bought a piece of "buyout" property a disgustingly low price for an "athetlic" field but then thru money around was granted permission to build 15 large apartments to help house college students and his only arguement was that it would boost the economy in the flood zone that has never recovered since floyd 6 years ago.This area was flooded with 3 feet of water and he has been made to build atleast 5 feet off the ground but at what point does the a large aparment become more important than single family homes?

[NC George]

Probably something through eminent domain, declaring that for the public good, this land is closed for development.

There would for sure be a battle in the courts though.

I work in the same town we as discussing: Greenville, NC. The means used to acquire the property is economic. If you receive money from flood insurance, you are given more if you go somewhere else (total loss as compared to a rebuild.) Furthermore, you are warned that if you rebuild, you won't be compensated again in the event of another flood. The combination of the two convinces most people to leave. They did allow some people to elevate their houses so it would be above the new 100 year flood line.

[shaggy]

where do you work george?

[soonertwister]

If New Orleans is rebuilt, and I'm certain that it will, I think that it should be rebuilt as a floating island. It's not as hard to do as you might think, and it would never flood from storm surge.

[shaggy]

sounds pretty hard to me!!!

[themusk]

After the major flooding that followed hurricane floyd here in my own county many neighborhoods were deeming as a risk and were not allowed to be rebuilt.There were majors government buyouts and now many places are just void of anything.Driving thru there is like a trip thru a neighborhood that was never built there are curbs and driveways but no homes.This was a 500 year flood and the question is this!


This is bound to happen again to a city that lies in a bowl that is below sea level and next to one of the most active tropical regions in the world what happens if the government says no more building in these areas and parts of NOLA become vacant lots and uninhabitable?Can they do this and will they do this?

I'm not absolutely current on the details of mitigation laws and regulations, but what I have actually been wondering is if current Federal regulations and private industry policies will allow much of NOLA to be rebuilt. I'm suspecting that any attempt to get financing to rebuild will bump into the same policies that caused your community to disappear. It is reconstruction in place that might require a change in law.

As to what will happen... that's a very good question. About the only thing I'm certain is that New Orleans will not be the same.

[shaggy]

not to mention the insurance companies will now have the presidence(sp?) to charge you a gazillion dollars for home owners since your in a threat area.