is ok to go back to new orleans la?

Answer 1

Only if you are prepared to take care of your self like most people do.


My friend wrote & I totally agree ...Teach them to stand like men and pull together like neighbors."

Subject: Dakota Weather Bulletin


Dakota weather bulletin - This is good - think of New Orleans as you read ............


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THINK ABOUT THIS FOR A MOMENT.

This text is from a county emergency manager out in the western part of the Dakotas after a snowstorm.

WEATHER BULLETIN

Up here, in the Northern Plains, we just recovered from a Historic event--- may I even say a "Weather Event" of "Biblical Proportions" --- with a historic blizzard of up to 44" inches of snow and winds to 90 MPH that broke trees in half, knocked down utility poles, stranded hundreds of motorists in lethal snow banks, closed ALL roads, isolated scores of communities and cut power to 10's of thousands

FYI:
George Bush did not come
FEMA did nothing.
No one howled for the government
No one blamed the government.
No one even uttered an expletive on TV.
Jesse Jackson or Al Sharpton did not visit.
Our Mayor did not blame Bush or anyone else.
Our Governor did not blame Bush or anyone else, either.
CNN, ABC, CBS, FOX or NBC did not visit - or report on this category 5 snowstorm. Nobody demanded $2,000 debit cards.
No one asked for a FEMA Trailer House.
No one looted.
Nobody - I mean Nobody demanded the government do something
Nobody expected the government to do anything, either
No Larry King, No Bill O'Rielly, No Oprah, No Chris Mathews and No Geraldo Rivera.
No Shaun Penn, No Barbara Striesand, No Hollywood types to be found.
Nope, we just melted the snow for water.
Sent out caravans of SUV's to pluck people out of snow engulfed cars.
The truck drivers pulled people out of snow banks and didn't ask for a penny.
Local restaurants made food and the police and fire departments delivered it to the snowbound families.
Families took in the stranded people - total strangers.
We fired up wood stoves, broke out coal oil lanterns or Coleman lanterns.
We put on extra layers of clothes because up here it is "Work or Die".
We did not wait for some affirmative action government to get us out of a mess created by being immobilized by a welfare program that trades votes for 'sittin at home' checks.
Even though a Category "5" blizzard of this scale has never fallen this early, we know it can happen and how to deal with it ourselves.
"In my many travels, I have noticed that once one gets north of about 48 degrees North Latitude, 90% of the world's social problems evaporate."
It does seem that way, at least to me.
I hope this gets passed on.

Maybe SOME people will get the message. The world does Not owe you a living.

Answer 2

Yes, I just visitsed a few weeks ago. While the city is still in the process of recovery, people live there are are doing just fine. Certain business are thriving, others are just getting up and running. If you have roots there, I would go back and help the city to recover, if you're talking about visiting, I would recommend it, spend a little money to help the economy recover and maybe volunteer to help physically rebuild or there are lots of nonprofits that could use your help.

On a side note, Beagle 1 is an asshole, I'm from Buffalo, which also got hit really hard by an unusually large amount of snow earlier than we expected and roads were shut down and folks didn't have electricity, etc, but you can't even compare the two situations, they are not on the same magnitude

Answer 3

Of course its okay to visit New Orleans. The city of New Orleans relies heavily on tourism, without tourists, it will be impossible to rebuild. I have been to visit several times since the hurricane and went to mardi gras last year. We had a great time. The hotels, bars, restaurants, and shops are open in the quarter. I am not sure about the infrastructure outside the quarter and downtown. We drove around in the outlying areas of the city a few months ago and it didn't look much different than it did in Jan 06.

Answer 4

It's fine to visit or move to New Orleans. In fact, I think the city has a bright future, once it figures that out.

If you are speaking of moving there then you can expect rents to be higher than before the storm. Everything else really seems about the same for prices. Job prospects vary depending upon your field (, and who you talk to). For school, I'm sure it's easier to get into some of the programs.

Crimewise, eh, who knows. Murders are up, but it's the usual victims you'd find in any city. So long as you don't plan to establish a drug territory for yourself you'll usually be safe. I predict the crime to drop dramatically once the displaced drug people bump enough of their brethren off in their new 'hoods.

Answer 5

If you mean as a visitor or tourist, yes, please. The city and the state need the tourist business to return. Some hotels and conventions are returning, with good travel deals being offered.

Part of New Orleans and neighboring parishes (what they call counties in that state) are still rebuilding; but much of the city has been cleaned up, and the tourist sites are ready for guests.

The city has reported problems with violence and lawlessness in some portions recently, which has been a serious worry to the governments down there. It is gradually getting under control, and shold not be a problem in tourist areas.

I found this good report on the situation today from the newspaper , USA TODAY, just a few months ago:

". . .spokeswoman Kelly Schulz, is that tourism — an industry that normally pumps $5.6 billion into the economy, employs 85,000 people and draws about 10 million visitors annually — is prepared to blossom again. The areas that attract the most visitors — the French Quarter, the Garden District and the Warehouse and Arts District — escaped much of the storm and flood damage and now are leading the city's recovery, she says.

"We call it a tale of two cities, and it really is," Schulz says. "People see (images of) the devastation of the neighborhoods, and then we say, 'It's fine, come visit!' So it's confusing. But seeing is believing, and we encourage people to come and see for themselves."

Among the signs of progress:

• Of the 140 metro-area hotels, 103 are open, including 90 in the downtown area, and 28,000 of the 38,000 rooms are available. All the major tourism properties are open except for The Ritz-Carlton, to reopen in December, and the Fairmont, whose opening date is uncertain. In addition, the Hyatt is scheduled to reopen next fall as part of a proposed Jazz District project that will include a National Jazz Center.

• About 20 new full-service restaurants have opened in the past year. Nearly all of the high-profile eateries in the tourism areas are serving meals again except Commander's Palace, which is scheduled to reopen by mid-October, and Emeril's Delmonico, which is set for late October. In addition, on Sept. 18 celeb chef Todd English is opening a 170-seat French bistro called Riche in Harrah's Casino. However, throughout surrounding Orleans Parish, only 35% of the pre-Katrina restaurants are open.

• All of the major museums and attractions are open, including the Audubon Zoo, the Aquarium of the Americas, the newly renamed National WWII Museum (formerly the National D-Day Museum), Mardi Gras World and paddlewheel cruises on the Mississippi River.

• Two cruise ship lines will return to the Port of New Orleans in October and two more will follow in December, operating out of a new $37 million terminal that's nearly completed.

• The refurbished Louisiana Superdome reopens Sept. 25 with a nationally televised NFL Monday Night Football game that pits the hometown Saints and their high-profile rookie running back Reggie Bush against the Atlanta Falcons.

• Several of the streetcar lines are operating, though not the famous St. Charles Avenue "Streetcar Named Desire" run, which remains closed until sometime in 2007.

• The most popular music clubs and bars are rocking until the wee hours. One of the most popular, the House of Blues in the French Quarter, reports that concert grosses and attendance from January through July are ahead of last year, probably because of the large number of national acts that wanted to play in the city.

"Of all the industries in the state, this (tourism) is the one that came together the fastest," says convention bureau CEO J. Stephen Perry. "Out of all the parts of the city, it is the one that works. It is moving ahead of schedule."

But the optimism is more cautious when the talk turns to conventions, the engine that drives the bulk of tourism. The city lost $2 billion in business when the Ernest N. Morial Convention Center was closed for nine months. The complex reopened in June with more than $60 million in renovation, and the conventioneers have slowly begun to return. Perry says that for the remainder of this year, about 40% of the meetings that had been booked before the storm have been retained. For fall 2007, that number increases to 80%.

Answer 6

I stay in Baton Rouge, very on the fringe of NOLA, and we visit it oftentimes, with our youthful ones each so often. I honestly do not comprehend what your speaking about. even as in a huge city, continuously use effortless experience. yet except that, New Orleans is superb, and that i allow you to comprehend what.......... your lacking out on an staggering journey, Its the locals in that city that make it one of those staggering position to visit. without them, New Orleans might want to easily be some enormous city, with enormous homes. i do not comprehend of every person that avoids New Orleans. It fairly a lot appears like individuals are scared to visit ever on account that Katrina hit. stupid. It turned right into a typhoon, and its lengthy gone now. you are able to visit lower back! Yay!!!!

Answer 7

If you move to one of the parts that werent flooded, than it is significantly safer and you sustain a notably less chance of flood. But you run the risk of not recieving running water, in an emergency and looters and fires. If you do move to area that was flooded either move to an apartment that has 4+ floors, or take a gamble.

Answer 8

o yes! come visit, come live here.
i didnt leave, im still here and i dont plan on leaving any time soon.
of course theres crime, its not some little suburb, its a nice size city with tons of people, homes and businesses. just have common sense and youll be fine!

Answer 9

to visit? absolutely!! Uptown and Downtown are bustling for the most part.

to live? are you a glutton for punishment? there's a lot of headaches and hard times to resettle here at the moment, but for some there's no decision to be made.

Who dat!!

Answer 10

Yes it is my family may go there for Madi gras .