I put Middle Earth Journal in hiatus in May of 2008 and moved to Newshoggers.
I temporarily reopened Middle Earth Journal when Newshoggers shut it's doors but I was invited to Participate at The Moderate Voice so Middle Earth Journal is once again in hiatus.

Wednesday, August 31, 2005

So Why is New Orleans in a bowl?

New Orleans' dysfunctional relationship with its environment may make it the nation's most improbable metropolis. It is flood prone. It is cursed with a fertile disease environment. It is located along a well-worn pathway that tropical storms travel from the Atlantic to the nation's interior. From this perspective, New Orleans has earned all the scorn being heaped upon it—the city is a misguided urban project, a fool's errand, a disaster waiting to happen.

Did you ever wonder why they built a city in a bowl below sea level? Well Josh Marshall's buddy from graduate school, Ari Kelman, explains over at Slate.
City of Nature
New Orleans' blessing; New Orleans' curse
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It answers a lot of the questions I had. Go check it out.

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