Modern day New Orleans was a city that defied the odds. Built on a mosquito-infested swamp surrounded by water, it sits in a bowl 2.5m below sea-level. Its very existence seemed proof of the triumph of engineering over nature.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sn/tvradio/programmes/horizon/orleans.shtml
http://docuwiki.net/index.php?title=The_Lost_City_of_New_Orleans
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