this city have worked so hard to rebuild could be gone once again. i think we re in big trouble, even with a category 2 or 3. i don t know how much trouble, but big trouble. category 5, we re in big, big, big trouble over again. the ballpark figure for protecting the city from a category 5 hurricane, the so-called one in 1,000 year storm protection, is somewhere between $70 billion and $140 billion. all things are possible, given the mission and the financial backing to do it. building bigger levees isn t the only solution. to succeed, any plan needs to include coastal wetlands restoration. the island s marshes and swamps absorb a hurricane strength and the storm surge before it reaches the city. the barrier islands protect the wetlands. the wetlands protect the levees. the levees protect us. but louisiana s wetlands are
but if a strong enough storm strikes, everything people in this city have worked so hard to rebuild could be gone once again. i think we are in big trouble. even with the category 2 or 3. i don t know how much trouble, but big trouble. category 5 we flr big, big, big trouble again. ballpark figure for protecting the city from category 5 hurricane, the so-called one in 1 thousand-year-storm protection, is somewhere between 70 and $140 billion. all things are possible given the mission and financial backing to do it. building bigger levees isn t the only solution to succeed any plan needs to include coastal wetlands restoration. the islands marshes and swamps absorb a hurricane strength and the storm surge before it reaches the city. protecting the wetlands,
i think we re in big trouble, even with a category 2 or 3. i g don t know how much trouble but big trouble. category 5, we re in big, big, big trouble over again. the ballpark figure for protecting the city from a category 5 hurricane, the so-called one in 1,000 year storm protection, is somewhere between $70 billion and $140 billion. all things are possible, given the mission and the financial backing to do it. building bigger levees isn t the only solution. to succeed, any plan needs to include coastal wetlands restoration. the island s marshes and swamps absorb a hurricane strength and the storm surge before it reaches the city. the barrier islands protect the wetlands. the wetlands protect the levees. the levees protect us. but louisiana s wetlands are disappearing at an alarming rate after decades of mismanagement of the mississippi river levees,
protecting the city from a category 5 hurricane, the so-called one in 1,000 year storm protection, is somewhere between $70 billion and $140 billion. all things are possible, given the mission and the financial backing to do it. building bigger levees isn t the only solution. to succeed, any plan needs to include coastal wetlands restoration. the island s marshes and swamps absorb a hurricane strength and the storm surge before it reaches the city. the barrier islands protect the wetlands. the wetlands protect the levees. the levees protect us. but louisiana s wetlands are disappearing at an alarming rate after decades of mismanagement of the mississippi river levees, as well as ever-expanding oil and gas production. as a consequence of that river being leveed, the marshland is not getting fed and it starts to deteriorate.