Seriously....is New Orleans actually inhabitable on a regular basis with the flooding conditions they're now experiencing? I'm wondering if realistically the city should be abandoned. Also wondering how much of Louisiana might be as badly off.
Quoting: Anonymous Coward 73724632 New Orleans is the worst area in the state because it is bowl shaped.
Plaquemines Parish is bad because it is a peninsula and sticks out into the Gulf.
Most coastal areas are prone to flooding. It's very popular for weekenders. My opinion on that is if you can afford a second ot third home. The rest of the state should not have to pay higher insurance premiums to cover you. I say this as someone who has had beach houses on the coast.
Other areas of the state, like those in any other state, will flood given the right (wrong) situations.
But saying that any place should be abandoned, is ,imo, wrong. Would you say that the coastal areas of Pacific bordering states should be abandoned because of earthquakes?
What about tornado prone areas or areas in other states that border rivers which have overflowed? All states have their own climatological and or geographical problems.
