how much is New Orleans below sea level?
344968
I beleive New Orleans is 4ft below sea level
835375
Hey some people don't need a hurricane to fall on them to know that that city is just to low. Something needs to be seriously done to those sea walls.
860123
Yeah, parts of New Orleans can still be fixed.  A lot of the Mississippi Gulf Coast just looks like a bomb went off.
76514
I do not think so.  I think it is only for those families that lived here prior to the storm.  The city is currently looking to re-vamp 10,000 aprtments for rent.  Be patient.  There is plenty of rental property on out lying areas.  The suberbs that I live in have plenty to offer and it is only 30 mins from New Orleans without traffic.  With traftic it is about an hour.
119331
Louisiana, with over 59 inches per year
755490
New Orleans.\n\nCoach
551968
if I was an investor, I would defintely not rebuild that city. Who wants to live in a city that is below sea level? I think the guy who built the city was drunk, gave a girl beads when she took off her top, and then that's how mardi gras was created.
384892
It is not just the cost but the quality of living. Many stores are still short of help and have to limit hours. To some extent goods are limited and the fun of living in New Orleans is not quite the same.
1058142
There are a lot of reasons, but let me try to list some:\n1) the city is below sea level, so it is a huge challenge to get it dry.  The soil is saturated and that makes every effort a hundred times harder.\n2) The money involved is staggering.\n3) Government inefficiency, though perhaps no organization could deal effectively with such a huge task.\n4) Corruption and fraud, as some people use the situation to their personal advantage.\n5) The war in Iraq splits attention and resources.\n\nI do not think it is a government conspiracy to keep New Orleans down, due to race or politics.  The above reasons are enough to explain the troubles without adding conspiracy theory.
753697
AS of close of business Friday: $629.20 an oz.\n\nhttp://edition.cnn.com/BUSINESS/
85331
Good luck!  Most of the apartment complexes in the Greater New Orleans that did not have extensive damage are packed with people and will not have any vacancies.  Your best bet would be to either look on nola.com in the classified section for apartments being rented by individuals or possibly under wwltv.com under the forums.  Also try craigslist.com
592391
I was at home in New Orleans. I live on the second floor of my building, so I didn't get flooded, but the whole neighborhood did.  I never realized just how loud a hurricane could be. Katrina is the fourth one I've stayed for, and it was the noisiest.  The worst moment was when the siding ripped off and slammed against the windows, then the laundry room roof blew off.
1118300
New Orleans, the Titanic, and the President's approval rating...   why would you give the answer away?  jeeze oh well 2 points  yay
672168
Dead Sea, some 260 feet below sea level, I think.
461542
I live in Slidell, LA on the northshore of Lake Ponchatrain and can tell you that the levies are barely up to the standards before Hurricane Katrina.  While politicians in the state and on the federal level complain and bicker, time is being wasted as the huirricane seaon is only a couple months away.  I have never lived in New Orleans directly but would advice people that it is not a safe place environmentally or sanitarily.  Basic power and water are not available to 35-50% of the New Orleans East and most of that area is virtually untouch since Katrina!!!  my career has directed me toward the MS Gulf Coast where I am seeing vast improvements to the area as opposed to New Orleans.  Please remember the Mississippi Gulf Coast when thinking of Katrina.  The devestation here is something that needs to be seen to believed.
1054724
About 4,800 feet above sea level.
116124
The lowest elevation in the great lakes basin would be 220 meters below the mean sea level found in lake superior just north of Munising Michigan. The great lakes and the great lakes basin were formed by glaciers.