New Orleans Could Take Up To 25 Years to Fully Recover...

[Shuckins]

...says the White House's Gulf Coast recovery Chief Don Powell.

Many factors beyond the government's control will determine how quickly homeowners and businesses will return to the area and rebuild.

[Mickey1992]

Until they have levies and flood walls to withstand a cat 5 hurricane, history will repeat.

[RAIDER14]

the population will be more diverse when they rebuild

I guess

     50% african american

     30%  hispanic

    20%  white

[BTW]

Theres a 75% chance I'll stay white.

edit = oh - I'm 45% rebuilt  and will be done in about 4 months ( better n' eva!!).


I don't think I'll be african american - not even 50% african american...- maybe hispanic... I like taco bell...

[Hangtime]

4- Members should post in a way that is respectful of other users and HTC. Flaming or abusing users is not tolerated.

[lasersailor184]

Until they have levies and flood walls to withstand a cat 5 hurricane, history will repeat.

Until you understand what happened, and why it happened, history will repeat itself.


There is no amount of levies or Civil Engineering that can withstand the ***NEXT*** hurricane.  And this will continue to be so until every pulls their collective heads out of their collective tulips and understand that nature cannot be controlled or blocked like that.

[Sandman]

Originally posted by Shuckins
...says the White House's Gulf Coast recovery Chief Don Powell.

Many factors beyond the government's control will determine how quickly homeowners and businesses will return to the area and rebuild.

Bah! The insurgency is in its last throes.

[Hangtime]

Originally posted by Sandman
Bah! The insurgency is in its last throes.

Yup. the head of the snake has been isolated and all that's left is an extended mop up operation and the restroration of certain necessary public services.

[beet1e]

Oh no, a split infinitive - in the title no less.

[Eagler]

how long until it is where it was at the day before the levee's broke?

[Shuckins]

Beetle,

Leave my split infinitive alone.  You do realize, don't you,  that the condemnation of the split infinitive is based on a Latin rule of grammar?

English is not Latin.

The movement to proscribe the use of the split infinitive began in the 19th century.  In the last 100 years however, many grammaticists have come to defend its use, stating that it is not an error but a construction.

Some of the greatest literary minds in history have used the split infinitive:  Wordsworth, Eliot, Franklin, and Lincoln, just to name a few.





Regards, Shuckins

[Gunthr]

If you want to build a city below sea level near the ocean, go for it.  Just know that God obviously wants that place underwater and he doesn't care if its chocolate, vanilla or neopolitan.  

[Gunthr]

It occurs to me that God must enjoy a little extra twist of irony if the city he reclaims is chocolate, and chocolate blames vanilla for God's act.

[beet1e]

Originally posted by Shuckins
Some of the greatest literary minds in history have used the split infinitive:  Wordsworth, Eliot, Franklin, and Lincoln, just to name a few.

And... don't forget Captain Kirk!

[DREDIOCK]

I would love to be a property owner in NO right now.

I predict that in the longrun that hurricane is going to end up being the best thing that could have happend to that area.
Just let the Donald Trump type developers in and let them do their thing.