On 31 Aug 2005 17:24:09 -0700, "Doug"
wrote:

Not as crazy as it sounds. Dig a big lake, convey the dirt over.

Actually, the problem seems to be that there IS a big lake,
Ponchatrain (however spelled). It leaked into New Orleans, causing the
big flood. It wasn't the storm surge that caused the problem, but
Ponchatrain.


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