I don't think New Orleans look That Bad at all?

Question

Go on Windows Live Local.com or just go to google and type in Windows Live Local and click on that, type in New Orleans on the 2nd bottom space, on the upper left will be a icon with a city on a map, click that and the real images show the aftermath of Katrina.But, the city doesn't look bad at all, come back to me with some answers. Plus, look at new orleans east.

Answer 1

I can smell the stink of conservative all over you...

Answer 2

But that part of New Orleans does not make good 6pm footage on CNN and FOX...that said, the only part that seems to be at issue is the areas predominated by black renters...this land should be expropriated and a home should be built for every displaced renter...shall I hold my breath while greedy landowners eye the prospects of a Las Vegas on the Gulf?

Answer 3

Pamelie, your doing a heck of a job.

Answer 4

Read August issue of National Geographic. Floods on average of every 11 years. Abandon this swampland and move the city to some high ground. STOP wasting public funds!

Answer 5

Who cares?  It was the pits before Katrina.

Answer 6

Sat photos are like aerial photos and it is really hard to see details - such as if a house is wrecked (but standing) or is OK.

You should visit and see for yourself.

Katrina flooded about 80% of New Orleans with salt water, and the water stayed for almost a month.  Much of the city is still struggling to recover and all you have to do to see devastation is drive around. It will take years for NOLA to fully recover from Katrina.

However, the parts of the city that tourists usually visit were not flooded.  It's not a coincidence - the French Quarter and other old parts of the city were built on relatively high ground and only suffered wind damage from Katrina. Almost all of the damage has been repaired and you have to look closely in the FQ and city center to see that Katrina happened at all.

Note that the City of New Orleans is only part of the greater New Orleans area. The GNO area had a population of about 1,400,000 before Katrina and is estimated at about 1,200,000 now (July, 2007). The absent 200,000 are mostly from the City of New Orleans and the parishes of Plaquemines and Saint Bernard, which were the worst-flooded parts of the metro area. Jefferson Parish - just to the west of the City - suffered only minor flooding and has fully recovered.

You can drink the water, the electricity & phones work, and services like the post office, hospitals, schools, police/fire/EMS, and stores & shopping centers are operating.

Municipal services like street cleaning & trash collection collapsed after Katrina. Those services were fully restored in late 2006 and it is no longer an issue.

I live and work in NOLA and you are welcome to write to me if you would like more information.  I don't work in the travel, tourism, retail, or real estate fields so won't try to sell anything to you.

Answer 7

You're an idiot.

http://media.apn.co.nz/webcontent/image/...

http://www.niagara.anglican.ca/News/imag...

http://www.flickr.com/photos/idyllopuspr...

http://www.flickr.com/photos/idyllopuspr...

http://blog.hemmings.com/wp-content/uplo...

http://politicallyoutspoken.com/images/K...

http://static.flickr.com/28/39730230_cce...

http://landsat.usgs.gov/gallery/images/L...

http://icons.wunderground.com/data/wxima...

http://landsat.usgs.gov/gallery/images/L...

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/...

Try looking at it from a personal view and not from a satellite.  You may want to change your opinion.

Answer 8

new orleans was a dump before katrina.