Reply #29: The Ninth Ward also is the lowest-lying land in the City.

[amandabeech]

I have read that it really should receive at least 10 feet of fill so that it would not be so severely flooded in the future, even in minor floods. The problem is that filled land can't be built on for ten years or so. That would mean building on piles, which is expensive and time consuming. The problem should be under intense study right now, although I doubt that it is.

In the meantime, I just don't understand why as many emergency trailers as possible cannot be located in and close to the Ninth Ward just as soon as power, telephone, water and sewage services are available. Perhaps some backyards are large enough to get a trailer or RV situated.

This is just so obviously an effort to get rid of those who are minority, poor or both.