If I were "in charge" this event would be the first step in not allowing cities and large populations to live in seriously vulnerable situations. There have already been smaller towns totally relocated along the Mississippi, because they were flooded every few years.

It is true that when New Orleans was 'new' a big storm just meant digging out a bit and hammering up a new shack...but with today's technology, it means **BILLIONS** of $$$$$ and lives made miserable, along with rescue and electrical worker from other states diverted to patch things up again.....insurance companies simply will not deal with the odds. Relocate 800,000 or more people? Impossible? No...just hard....dealing with another one of these in 20-40-60 years will be even harder.

If the population keeps growing, it will only get worse. New Orleans can serve as a port, and as a recreational area, but IF this storm proves as bad as it seems it might, thought should be given to not expecting it to be a major residential area forever. The same goes for Miami and other beachfront metro areas.....and to certain parts of other places like St. Louis and San Francisco, etc...If global warming raises sea level in the next 100 years, it would be well to get AHEAD of Nature for a change!