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comment by teamramonycajal
teamramonycajal  ·  3611 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Tear Down ‘Deadbeat’ Dams

New Orleans should never have existed, really, although that's not a dam issue (more a levee issue, and I don't know how the levees have affected the environment).

But they are stupidly flood-prone.

EDIT: There is a heightened flood risk in western Minnesota, too. I don't know why.