St. Charles Parish residents disturbed, disheartened by new flood insurance maps

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2. Yes, the whole area was built below level, however,

in the case of insurance, I'd like to see the property valuations between the east and west banks of the river to see what the differences are between them and which side is getting the better levee protection and therefore better insurance rates.

Based on what we know about how the poor are treated, I'm going to guess that the west bank is the poorer of the two. It's always the poor who are hit the hardest. And it would be interesting to know what long-term plans there are for commercial development of the west side after they force people out of their homes.

Further, I think there is an error in the fifth line of the third paragraph which reads "to better protect parts of New Orleans" when what they mean is "to protect the better parts of New Orleans".

Maybe I'm just being cynical but on the other hand, maybe I'm not being cynical enough.