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Message: <blockquote data-quote="tieguy" data-source="post: 48089">"Which at the time was NOT below sea level. The reason it's below sea level today is due to the elimination of surrounding wet lands by urban development, which caused the Mississippi River to deposit sediment in the former wet lands, raising the ground level all around New Orleans. This also eliminated the barrior islands between the Gulf of Mexico and New Orleans, allowing Hurricanes to hit the ctiy full force without a land mass to reduce the force of the winds."  Vette,  You appear to be trying to dispute my point but yet you end up supporting it. bad spot for a city. Bad spot to rebuild.I don't know about you folks but one cat 4 hurricane is enough for me to learn this lesson.</blockquote>