New Orleans, fill it with dirt

This is true, You should see the basements of some places in Old Town Sac.
Theres a pretty cool brewery down in one of them called The Hogs Head, or
Hogs Breath, something like that. We were really buzzed on Valentines day
when we found it. Stayed on the Delta King that night.
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"D" == Doug writes:

D Not as crazy as it sounds. Dig a big lake, convey the dirt
D over. All the houses worth saving, raise them up on a new
D foundation. The skycrapers, just make the bottom floor a
D basement. Expensive? Yes, but a permanent solution. Better than
D it happening again.

It's been done befo

"After yet another massive flood in 1862, an ambitious project to
actually raise [Sacramento] above flood level was undertaken. Evidence
of the tens of thousands of cubic yards of earth and miles of masonry
work used to raise the streets can still be seen today in Old
Sacramento." And the downtown if you know where to look.