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Sinking feeling
Christian Century, Oct 4, 2005
SINKING FEELING: An unintended consequence of the construction of Louisiana's levee system, which has kept the Mississippi River from flooding, is that the city of New Orleans has sunk two to three feet in the past century, according to Mike Tidwell, author of Bayou Farewell: The Rich Life and Tragic Death of Louisiana's Coast.
While it was a deluge from a hurricane that devastated the city, much of which is below sea level, it and other coastal areas remain threatened by the rising sea level. Some analysts predict the sea level will rise one to three feet by 2100 because of global warming. There is a plan to restore the marshlands and develop a new levee system that would protect New Orleans, but so far it is unfunded. It would cost $14 billion--equal to the amount spent in Iraq in six weeks or what was spent on the "big dig" tunnel in Boston (Baltimore Sun, September 14).
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