Some find it fascinating that New Orleans built under sea level dodged the bullet for over 100 years without a scratch really. Oh sure there were Hurricanes, nothing to major, but they squeaked by. Only once was there big damage before Hurricane Katrina. Can New Orleans make it another 100-years without a scratch? Can it make it 50-years? How about 25-years?

Well some are asking already what happens if they get another one during the 2006 Atlantic Tropical Hurricane Season, as things are not cleaned up yet and there is a whole lot of work ahead which is going to re-draw the map of New Orleans forever, not to mention take years to complete.

This is an interesting topic and the issue came up recently in an online think tank when one guest member asked;