And you say this based on what evidence, exactly? Simply your own decision that the situation 'cannot be sustained?' Sustained for how long? A thousand years? A million?
Or rather-
You think it's not worth the money, cause, you know, *other* people live there...

And because you don't care. You made up your mind without actually knowing anything, it seems.

Sigh. Right. Mismanaged. You have no idea how much was spent, but you're certain it must have been mismanaged.

From wikipedia:"Economist and crisis consultant Randall Bell wrote: "Hurricane Katrina in 2005 was the largest natural disaster in the history of the United States. Preliminary damage estimates were well in excess of $100 billion, eclipsing many times the damage wrought by Hurricane Andrew in 1992."

Federal Spending on Katrina Recovery: around $132 Billion
(http://tinyurl.com/bap8sg)
Cost of Iraq & Afghanistan Wars since 2001: around $933 Billion
(http://costofwar.com/)
Amount spent thus far on the total bailout: around $3 Trillion
Amount spent thus far on just the AIG bailout: $127.4 billion
(http://money.cnn.com/news/storysupplement/economy/bailouttracker/index.html)

So totally, I can't believe we're throwing away *allllll* this money on The Poors and their shitty flooded schools. Can't we just load them up in trucks and send them someplace else? If only this country would spend money on *important* things that *help* citizens....

You're not a big fan of medical care either then, I take it.

 

From The Katrina Recovery Index published by the Institute of Southern Studies:
+ 100,000 displaced persons from New Orleans are now living in Houston, Texas.
+ The percentage of households with children in New Orleans has fallen from 30 percent to 20 percent.
+ Only 752 federal housing vouchers have been issued in New Orleans; since the waiting list for vouchers was established, 16 people on it have died.
+ Rents in New Orleans are up 40 percent since Katrina.
+ Demand for emergency food relief at New Orleans-area food pantries is up 35 percent.
+ 43 percent of the city’s medical facilities have not reopened since Katrina.
+ Two-thirds of the city’s population reports chronic health problems, up 45 percent since 2006.
+ The suicide rate in New Orleans is up 200 percent since Katrina, while only one local hospital provides in-patient mental health care.
+ Louisiana ranks 50th among US states for overall health care quality.

There's this awesome thing to get facts called google- you should try it out some time.

Wrong on both counts.
The Ninth Ward dates back to the early 19th century, and many of the areas that were hard-hit were just or nearly as old as the high-and-dry French Quarter.

Compare:
Historical NOLA Maps
http://alabamamaps.ua.edu/historicalmaps/us_states/louisiana/NewOrleans.htm
Katrina Flood Maps
http://www.katrina.noaa.gov/maps/images/katrina-flood-depth-estimation-08-31-2005.jpg

Regardless, the question is sort of moot- inhabited areas have become radically more flood-prone in the last 100 years due to federal and Army Corp damming and canaling projects, which have decimated Louisiana's wetlands, the best defense against large-scale flooding. Ask the EPA: http://www.epa.gov/owow/wetlands/pdf/Flooding.pdf

Thank you God. I only had to scroll through, what, 200 messages? to find a post from somebody who actually knows something about the history of the delta. 100 years of Mississippi River Commission and Army Corp hubris alone was responsible for what happened during Katrina- not to mention the terrifying rate that Louisiana is literally sinking into the ocean (25-25 square miles a year, if anyone here actually cares). Funny how when San Diego catches fire every summer nobody 'debates' about whether to rebuild it or just forcibly expatriate the entire population. It's soooo much trickier to be blase about lives when they're rich and white...

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I, for one, welcome our new floating-point overlords.