I visited this beautiful city months before Katrina hit. It was a dream to go there on a small vacation! I am so glad I saw it before the storm hit. Honestly, I don't have a desire to go back until I KNOW the devistation is over! What's it like now a year and a half later?
2007-02-16 09:23:46 · 5 answers · asked by "Corey" 3 in Travel ➔ United States ➔ New Orleans
The French Quarter and the downtown area wasn't hit hard in the first place, so yes they are fine to visit. I visited there this summer and for Thanksgiving and all the tourist areas (French Quarter, Garden District) were fine. And to the person who commented on things not getting fixed because of drinking and getting high (yes, alcohol is a large part of our culture, but I'm not sure where he got this idea) should have a little more respect for the people of Louisiana and should keep his opinions to himself because he really has no clue as to what is going on down here.
2007-02-16 09:34:33 · answer #1 · answered by Valerie 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
The tornados that moved through the more beneficial New Orleans area this week killed a minimum of one individual, injured many others, and damaged or destroyed about 250 houses. besides the undeniable fact that, they did not strike the French Quarter or any of the different elements frequented through travellers. The French Quarter and many the elements favourite with travelers (backyard District, etc.) were no longer flooded through Katrina. that is not any longer a twist of destiny: New Orleans' oldest neighborhoods were equipped on severe floor after the website for the city grow to be chosen over three hundred years in the past. The no longer-flooded elements of the city were very much repaired (there grow to be conventional wind harm) and also you've were given to look very heavily in the French Quarter to make certain that Katrina got here about. The 80% of the city that grow to be submerged in salt water for a month is way from fix. The important reason is official chaos on the State aspect and not in any respect existence form alternatives as reported through yet another answerer (search for for articles on the "Louisiana street domicile" software).
2016-12-04 06:40:03 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Unfortunately, New Orleans will never be the same since Katrina. And now that a tornado hit who knows what the devastation is like again. We were there in August 2006 and it was nothing like I remembered from years past. The French Quarter is more like spring break with many, many young people drinking, and falling out drunk all over the place. Pat O'Brien's Piano Bar didn't have a line a half a mile long just to get into the first portion of the bar and we didn't see any of the blues bars that used to be on every corner. I was truly heartbroken that things were so different. The only thing that was the same was the beautiful Hotel Montleon' which we stayed in for 4 wonderful days. We also took a riverboat/dinner trip down the Mississippi one of the evening there and that was great.
2007-02-16 11:08:22 · answer #3 · answered by Cindy Roo 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Go ahead and go, they need the tourist money. I have been back to NO 3 times since the storm with the most recent trip on New Years Eve. Each trip the city is a little more back to normal. The levee's broke about two miles northeast of the French Quarter so the quarter was not damaged.
2007-02-17 02:42:21 · answer #4 · answered by Chad S 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Well if I remember correctly they were just hit by a few tornados sometime last week.....
2007-02-16 09:26:38 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋