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WhoDat · 09-16-2005, 04:16 PM

First, "being rebuilt" is what we in the construction world call "re-no-va-ting". Renovating takes far less time than rebuilding.

Uhm - maybe you should check on things like this before you speak in the future. I live in Chicago. I drive by Soldier Field every single day. The stadium was REBUILT. The ONLY part of the stadium that remained was the old stone facade that was the trademark of the field. The rest of the stadium - i.e. all seating, boxes, concessions areas, bathrooms, lockerrooms, etc. were reconstructed from the ground up. I do believe that there were a few places where they left some of the structural supports in place, but Soldier Field is a new stadium, not a renovated one. In fact, not only did they rebuild SF, but much of the area surrounding it.

Second, the fact alone that New Orleans is below sea-level and similiar to a bowl in design, lends itself to flooding. Make no mistake that no matter what man does to try to lessen the affects of nature, he can not stop it. There is no levee that can with stand a direct hit from a Cat 5 storm.

Sure there are. Simply b/c they weren't in place in New Orleans this time doesn't mean that they can't be built. Considering that the levees were built to withstand a Cat 3, and Katrina was the 4th most powerful storm to make landfall in US history, I'd say the levees, which only broke in the New Orleans area in a few places, did quite well. It wasn't a total failure - the vast majority of the levee system stood its ground. The problem is that any break is catastrophic - but we've known that for years. The Corp simply didn't have the money to make the levees Cat 5 strength. Think they'll get funding now?

09-16-2005, 04:16 PM	#21
WhoDat 5000 POSTS! + Join Date: Sep 2002 Posts: 5,631	First, "being rebuilt" is what we in the construction world call "re-no-va-ting". Renovating takes far less time than rebuilding. Uhm - maybe you should check on things like this before you speak in the future. I live in Chicago. I drive by Soldier Field every single day. The stadium was REBUILT. The ONLY part of the stadium that remained was the old stone facade that was the trademark of the field. The rest of the stadium - i.e. all seating, boxes, concessions areas, bathrooms, lockerrooms, etc. were reconstructed from the ground up. I do believe that there were a few places where they left some of the structural supports in place, but Soldier Field is a new stadium, not a renovated one. In fact, not only did they rebuild SF, but much of the area surrounding it. Second, the fact alone that New Orleans is below sea-level and similiar to a bowl in design, lends itself to flooding. Make no mistake that no matter what man does to try to lessen the affects of nature, he can not stop it. There is no levee that can with stand a direct hit from a Cat 5 storm. Sure there are. Simply b/c they weren't in place in New Orleans this time doesn't mean that they can't be built. Considering that the levees were built to withstand a Cat 3, and Katrina was the 4th most powerful storm to make landfall in US history, I'd say the levees, which only broke in the New Orleans area in a few places, did quite well. It wasn't a total failure - the vast majority of the levee system stood its ground. The problem is that any break is catastrophic - but we've known that for years. The Corp simply didn't have the money to make the levees Cat 5 strength. Think they'll get funding now?
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