All we're doing is crossing our fingers," said a state legislator. "But that's exactly what they did in Louisiana. They could have fixed the levee system for about $10 billion. But they didn't they just crossed their fingers. Now It's now going to cost $100 billion to rebuild New Orleans. Here in California, we 're saying that we can't afford the $10 billion. But where are we going to get the $100 billion to rebuild everything afterward? People never learn. They always close the barn door after the horse escapes.