NEW ORLEANS — Much of Plaquemines Parish was still covered with flood water Sunday and more than 200,000 people across Louisiana still did not have any power, five days after Isaac ravaged the state. Thousands of evacuees remained at shelters or bunked with friends or relatives. At least seven people were killed by the storm — five in Louisiana and two in Mississippi.
President Obama is to visit Louisiana on Monday, a day before the Democratic National Convention. Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney visited the state Friday.
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Much of Plaquemines Parish, a vulnerable tract that juts into the Gulf of Mexico southeast of New Orleans, remained under as much as 5 feet of water, Parish President Billy Nungesser said. The Category 1 hurricane walloped the parish, and for many, the damage was worse than Katrina in 2005.*************************
My heart goes out to anyone in the eye of the storm**********************
Having said that---Should people be allowed to live on a flood plain? Should we be using valuable resources, men and money, to keep the levees intact? These marsh areas are there to absorbe the floods not for people to build houses on. Is it right for us to put rescuers at risk trying to save those who, when advised to leave, choose to stay?**********************I know- I don't live there-- easy for me to say************JUST ASKING******
I believe your line of questioning is perfectly reasonable, NHCabin. Indeed, if current projections of sea level rise hold true, more people may be forced to think seriously about where they should build.