Question: Do you think it is wise to rebuild New Orleans homes back near the water front? 

Answer: It's a cost benefit analysis--is the New Orleans real estate valuable enough to warrant building up the levees so that they can withstand a powerful class 5 hurricane (not a class 3 hurricane as originally designed)? If not, I wouldn't want to build there are live there.
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