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Know. But there were bayous through out the area when they got here and the meterie and the bayou merged. They were dammed up. As a child, growing up in the city, i remember the fight for dry land. There were open ditches in the cities, at that time, they were gradually filled in and covered up. I can remember, i used to do a lot of walking on the levees at that time. Were talking back in the 50s and 6 os and they gradually got higher and higher and higher so you couldnt even see the water anymore from the streets and of course, walking on the tops of those levees, youre actually above the roofs of most of the houses. My question is this, since i basically was a northshore resident, is it not a fact that if you put lock systems over the london avenue canal and the 72 street canal, the water that, for instance, that is brought in on the hurricane surge has to go somewhere. The people in the communities of slidell, laplace, they are wondering where that water goes, they know, in their he ....
How much of that goes past this room and is penetrated the city, that remains to be seen. St. Bernard parish twice voted down a tax to pay for the Operations Maintenance of the brandnew levee system. If they can do that in st. Bernard parish, and everybody here probably knows every single home in st. Bernard parish was underwater. Everyone of them. If they can do it in st. Bernard, and expect taxpayers around the country or in shreveport come on. St. Bernard had a special problem. Because of the local parish government. Those not from new orleans may not know that the parish president has been indicted on several charges. The whole thing is a mess. They may have just lumped all taxes and government together. It may not reflect their view. I dont know what the future is going to be. Gwen lets talk about opportunity and challenge. Just for fun. I want to start with you benny, talking about what you would identify as the most ....