What are your thoughts on the progress being made (or NOT made) in the rebuilding of New Orleans post Katrina?

Question

to thelimetree (whatever you name is) I agree that it is a waste of money. I know someone working there and he said the conditions are very poor. They still see bodies and the materials being used are inferior.

Anyone on that lives near there? What's your opinion?

Answer 1

Look, New Orleans was below sea level to begin with we all know that. but had the levees not failed, I would be back in my home now, with my old life and not nearly as much drama as i have now. yes rebuliding is slow, but has anyonw evr reblid and entire city before? hardly ever. a few times in American History, and were they rebulit in two almost three years? no. it will take a long time. a very long time before they city if fully recovered. we are a working class city. the people who felt the most inpact from the storm did not have thougsands of bucks just stiing i the bank to use to rebulid. the goverment needs to step in and prove that they give a damn. my grandother has been on the waiting list for "the road home program" since it was started. not a dime yet. the money she did get from insurance. yeah they spent it for her, she had to pay off the morgage. the money that was left after that couldn't even begin to pay for repairs. its a big mess and the local, state and national goverment is doing nothing.

Answer 2

I left New Orleans about a year before the hurricane hit, so my response is based on speaking to friends and my visit back to the area this past July. I know that is about a year ago but from what I understand, much has not changed. I was in love with New Orleans, the city I left. It is a really grand Mediterranean city with some distinct character. A very proud city. True it had it problems and it always will. But that was not the city I returned to last year. The city I saw was a city destroyed. More like a war zone. Think your images of Iraq after the invasion and you will have a pretty good idea of what the city is looking like. I spoke to a very dear friend this past weekend and her description of how things are now, are not much different than what I saw. The houses are still marked with the spray paint indicating who was in the house and how many were dead. Many people have not even begun to clean up after the storm. It is a very disheartening site. Especially knowing what it looked like before the storm.

Answer 3

I think things are moving too slow around here. I just moved here 2 months ago (not by choice) and we are struggling because of rent being so high for example. We have accidently got lost and driven through neighborhoods who were flooded pretty bad and it looked just like a ghost town. It's pretty scary actually, not a good place to get lost at night. There is a mall near us that was looted and burned right after the hurricane and it's still not open. It's going to take years before this city gets back to where it was pre-Katrina. I know people who are still living in fema trailers more than 18 months after the storm hit.

Answer 4

a lot has changed but alot more needs to be done

Answer 5

All the criminals moved to Houston i wish they would hurry up so they can move back

Answer 6

iT IS A WASTE OF TAXPAYERS MONEY. IT WILL KEEP HAPPENING. THE ONLY PEOPLE TO MAKE OUT WELL ARE THE ENGINEERS, THE ARCHITECTS AND THE CONSTRUCTION WORKERS.