We need to use some of these lower areas as flood retention areas, as places to collect the hazards.

The lowest of the low areas probably shouldn't be redeveloped.

We shouldn't talk about bulldozing the Lower 9th Ward. There are some homes that are still in pretty darn good shape.

We shouldn't talk about bulldozing the Lower 9th Ward. There are some homes that are still in pretty darn good shape,

[The water especially devastated the Ninth Ward, among the city's poorest and lowest lying areas.] Out West, there is a saying that water flows to money, ... But in New Orleans, water flows away from money. Those with resources who control where the drainage goes have always chosen to live on the high ground. So the people in the low areas were hardest hit.

If you live in low-lying areas, flood-prone areas -- you know where they are -- you need to get out,