First Lesson:
Don't build your home in a flood plain..
"Frank F. Matthews" wrote in message
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> Eddie wrote
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>>I just returned last week on the Grandeur of the Seas leaving from New
>>Orleans, LA. I spent two days in the Crescent City pre cruise to see how
>>New Orleans has fared in the year and a half since Katrina.
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>>I do not want to repeat verbatim what George Leppla has written about the
>>city and his experiences while visiting there. Sure, downtown, Riverwalk
>>and the French Quarter looks great, but that is where it ends. There were
>>Mardi Grais parades while we were there, but where were the people?
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>>The destruction that I witnessed in the Ninth Ward, Lakeshore and in Saint
>>Bernard Parish was worse than I imagined it would be. Why is there no
>>help? Why is FEMA trailers sitting in fields empty? Where is all the money
>>that was raised for disaster relief go?
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>>The Crescent City is Dying and dying quickly. The city's wake has begun. I
>>can only compare area's North of I-10 as a scene from the Chernobyl
>>disaster. Homes ripped off their foundations with piles and piles of
>>trashed materials roadside. Gaping holes on rooftops where people were
>>rescued by national guardsman. I saw a few instances where "Help Me" was
>>still spray painted on rooftops. I even saw an "X "spray painted by
>>national guardsman with the number 3 spray painted at the six o'clock
>>position, meaning three bodies were found within.
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>>Why is there no help for this city? The Crescent City is dying and no one
>>gives a damn!
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>>Eddie from Long Island
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> Well, Eddie the city decided to retain the same idiot as mayor who managed
> to have all the school busses left to float. As long as the ex residents
> keep electing incompetents there isn't much to be done.
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> It was a nice place and may recover long after I'm gone.
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