Six Months Later: What is and Isn't Being Done in New Orleans

The following is a "partial" of my story, the full story can be up to 1000 words, the current word count is 496.  From “TourBigEasy.com”, “This is history on a vast scale. No newscast can really show the scope of the destruction.” All industries, everything in New Orleans, from the casinos to the French Quarter cannot “come back” until the local economy starts to come back. But there are problems, real problems even now that are currently not being addressed on the federal levels. 

A local resident states, “It was really devastating-not the hurricane damage, but being abandoned by the country.” “Most people cannot rebuild, so they must stay where they are. FEMA will not pay for damages(my my home or begin rebuilding) until the levies are built.” So people have to stay dislocated, unless they can afford to pay for or have the insurance to pay to fix their home themselves. Rent is very high.” Many people leave for good. One individual, who housed 12 families, ended up saying only two of them stayed in New Orleans. The rest are more then likely permanently relocating-this means that it is hard for the local economy to fill needed jobs.

And for those that do come back, there are tremendous problems. There is the drive back, “When I was driving it back it “hit” me. The giant trees now snapped like twigs. The billboards everywhere on the ground. The sound barriers with water marks up so incredibly high. Ships still stranded on land, from where they floated in. Many of the ships are still there where they landed. They are too heavy too move, especially the giant levies”.