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[cati]

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[MagicKingdom05]

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[lulu71]

Um, how about letting people salvage what little of their stuff they can first?

 

[poohandwendy]

Not sure you would feel that way if your family member was missing and possibly alive (or not) somewhere in NOLA.

 

[cati]

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[Lisa loves Pooh]

Eventually--but given the number of deaths--I think it is due the same respect as WTC....cleaned up efficiently--but honorably when they find someone. Some people are still in their homes with a stash of supplies. If they ration..no telling how long they will live.

It would be horrible for someoen to survive so long and then die b/c they were bullodozed.

Most homes will have to be leveled--but not without making sure someone is not in them first.

And as lulu said--they have the right to eventually return to their property to reclaim any salvagable belongings.

 

[cati]

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[Lisa loves Pooh]

cati--not all homes in New orleans are laying in sewage. Some are high and dry--especially in Algiers Point and St. Charles.


They could also require people to be innoculated before return as well--that would help.

 

[lulu71]

I can think of several salvagable things in my home right now. I will say that I dread the day we have to go back to clean up.

 

[DawnCt1]

LuLu, I would be afraid of the dangerous things (disease wise) the people would have to face by going back in there. I know it would be tough. But by the pictures on television - there is NOTHING to be parishable there. It is all laying in sewage, dead bodies, etc. How are they going to clean this up enough to allow the people back in there where it would be safe? Any ideas???

First of all, the "dead bodies" are mothers, fathers, children, husbands, wives, that deserve a burial that is appropriate for their faith, so I hope to He** that they wouldn't "bulldoze" the area. Secondly, once the bodies are removed and the area is secured, I would hope that people would be allowed, even if its a block at a time, to go back, say their goodbyes, salvage what they can of their memories and lives, before they have to say good bye forever. They may have to bulldoze it in the end, but their has to be room for closure.

 

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[snappy]

Also, some are ok in Uptown, many places on the west bank of the Mississippi.
One of my cousins has been to both his house in Gretna and my uncle's house in Harvey (Jefferson parish). They are high and dry. I think they plan to allow people to go into their homes and retrieve personal items, etc. No one will be allowed to stay for obvious reasons.

I am not sure if I would return if it were me. However, in some areas they are afraid of the looters stealing whatever they can. Believe me, they are not going after water and food when breaking into residences.

 

[Lisa loves Pooh]

I'm afraid with the people who died--it wil be a mass recovery similar to the Tsunami--Id'ing who they can if they can--but I think we will see our first mass burial in the US. 6 months to drain--it is going to take a long time.

 

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[LoraJ]

Also, some are ok in Uptown, many places on the west bank of the Mississippi.
One of my cousins has been to both his house in Gretna and my uncle's house in Harvey (Jefferson parish). They are high and dry. I think they plan to allow people to go into their homes and retrieve personal items, etc. No one will be allowed to stay for obvious reasons.

I am not sure if I would return if it were me. However, in some areas they are afraid of the looters stealing whatever they can. Believe me, they are not going after water and food when breaking into residences.

My BF's parents are from Jefferson parish. From the pictures I have seen looks like their block is dry. I just wonder when they let them back in if they will have any sort of protection. I think all they want to do is assess the damage and take pictures and get their most valued posessions (pictures etc).

 

[DawnCt1]

I feel so sorry for everyone involved. I can not even imagine what the people there are going through. My heart just breaks for them. LuLu I am glad you will be able to get some of your things. Everyone I am not a bad person, just worried about how they are going to make everything safe again for everyone. I just wanted your ideas on how they might handle all of this.

I know you are a good person Cati, or you wouldn't be thinking about this whole thing. Ultimately, those homes that are permantly unsalvagable will have to be destroyed. In Hilo, after the last tsunami, the makai side of Main St. was never rebuilt. NOLA may have to be redesigned to make it a more long term, livable city.

 

[arminnie]

cati--not all homes in New orleans are laying in sewage. Some are high and dry--especially in Algiers Point and St. Charles.


They could also require people to be innoculated before return as well--that would help.

My home on St. Charles (the one I bought TWO weeks ago) is perfectly fine. Many of my friends have homes Uptown that have only moderate damage if any.

Tulane University (and I presume Loyola too as it is next door) has very minimal damage.

There are many, many homes particularly in Jefferson Parish that experienced flooding from Lake Ponchatrain but the water was pumped out fairly quickly. Now they are going to need some major work to restore them, but by no means should the homes be destroyed.

I would not want the job of trying to reclaim the Dome or the Convention center. I honestly don't know if they can be salvaged.

There probably are some structures that will need to come down, but saying the whole city should be razed is sort of like saying they should have killed everyone in the superdome due to the actions of a few.

 

[goin2disneyagain]

These people need to bury their loved ones so that they can have a sense of closure.

 

[Lisa loves Pooh]

There probably are some structures that will need to come down, but saying the whole city should be razed is sort of like saying they should have killed everyone in the superdome due to the actions of a few.

Yeah that isn't good.

Most of the poor housing--which was already dilapidated will have to go.

As for the rest--I do not know how salvagable a flood structure his.

We had one home in our neighborhood recently demolished from last years hurricane. The garage door had blown open and lifted the roof up and set it back down....with the house breached--water got inside. It became an impossible to repair venture and declared a total loss by insurance.

I would say that structures that aren't concrete block would probably have to go--those that are CBS could probably go down to the block and then rebuilt.

Sadly-much history will be lost...but hopefully a lot can be saved.



(glad to hear your house is fine )

 

[pattyT]

I hate to ask - but how will they know the difference between who died because of this catastrophe and who was adead prior?