New Orleans after Katrina: A tale of two cities
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- Опубликовано: 29 авг 2015
- Martha Teichner looks back at the monumental 2005 hurricane -- the most costly natural disaster, in lives lost and property destroyed, in U.S. history -- and the struggle of New Orleans residents to rebuild ever since.
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i hope that girl who thought she was gonna die is ok
Pulling the Strings Green Fever????
Update she’s not
@@thejuannonly4840 what happened
She's all grown up and on welfare
@@mikec1601 like you?
Watching old footage of katrina will make you hate the government
Janet Robinson why?
yet they still went to collect ther welfare checks
Christian Agundez 🙄🙄🙄
@CODY ADAMS if that was you out there you would want them to
@CODY ADAMS why not ? Who do you think would be coming to save you?
Home Insurance company’s should be put on trial
george jung home insurance. People in New Orleans who stayed were poor. Too poor to have a car and or way out but you think home insurance was on their mind.
K.D. Rolls yup 👍
@@KDRolls George bush said the insurance did not have to pay out the claims Allstate And they did not dirty shame
@@george25199 re read the comment you replied to. It has nothing to do with what you replied.
@@KDRolls well not really but kinda . Just agreeing with the guy
I have family in New Orleans, and last time visiting, some family and I drove through the 9th ward. It is haunting, very desolate with the presence of the ghosts of Katrina very much there.
Yeah when I was there bank in 2012 visiting fam , you could see the water marks under the underpasses and how high that water was, crazy feeling fr
@@TheDirector_ yeah bro it looks like the whole city was underwater at some point
Walmart: Starts helping immediately
U.S. Government : A whole 5 years late to the party
Walmart for president
Perhaps YOU should move to China. Walmart will thank you.
John Lain I always shop at Walmart. Seeing these comments makes me wanna go tomorrow.
Shawn Updike yep Walmart is my go to I buy everything from there
NOT so. President Bush called for 3 days to get permission from Governor Blanco to allow him to send the National Guard. This is a states' right issue. She refused. Why? Because she was creating her Foundation called the New Orleans Hurricane Relief Foundation (officers: Kathleen Babineaux Blanco, her husband and their lawyer, Robert Perrot, Jr,)
On the third day, the President overrode Blanco's refusals and sent in the Coast Guard and the National Guard.He ordered $91 billion in emergency funding, the aircraft carrier Bataan. and this was coupled with 250,000 volunteers from churches and charitable groups. My daughter as a first responder was part of the group which served the millionth meal on Thanksgiving day prepared by the Methodist churches and the Salvation Army.
Governor Blanco and her husband are gone. No one knows how many milllons poured into the NOHRF in those first weeks from every state and from countries around the world. The foundation is still listed as a 501-c charitable foundation in Newport Beach, Ca, with Robert Perrot
This breaks my heart.
I ask myself all the time how many more people have to die for somebody to do something about it?
0:36 "this man jumped to his death cause he just couldn't take it anymore"
kid sits on edge
Braedyn M kid gets arm dragged to get off
mama like NAW
Kid is a baby goat. And as far as the child he doesn't know what's going on he's so innocent how did you expect him to take it?
Braedyn M Yeah ,that part made me cry..Whole thing is terrible but that ,that just really broke my heart...
I hate how no one really mentions what happened to prisoners during Katrina. They were abandoned in the prison, the guards all were outside shooting at anyone who tried leaving the prison. They had no food or water n almost all of their stories lined up pretty closely yet the guards n warden were saying how their crackheads and criminals u can’t believe them. I remember specifically hearing about a 13 y/I girl who was in the juievinal section of the prison being moved to the adult male* section where the nasty sewage water rose to her neck and adult male prisoners actually rescued and escorted her to a window where she swam out. She was trapped in the cell for days in neck deep water w no food or water as welll as hundreds of others. The guards had food and water plenty of it n consumed it in front of inmates. One inmate was jumped, stabbed and when he tried to get help the guards shot him. This is the prison infamous for locking people up holding them way past their release date mistreating inmates to an extreme and holding you for months for misdemeanors traffic violations etc. very very sad the prisoners were literally left to fight for themselves inside and to die basically.
Thats messed up.
Yes!!!!!!! This!!! Thank you!!
Yea I own that stock that runs the prisons. Sucks for them but nice made a lot of money.
@@boonedocksfl2012 nice rage bait dork
Any videos about that? That's wild.
I was just there in September and it was surreal to see those areas up close! So unreal, while the city may never be the same, I enjoyed my time and the accents! lol
I lost my home to the flood.i cried like a baby
Sorry to hear that do you still live there.
Same
Prayers. Hope you’re feeling better. ❤️
🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻
Sorry to hear dat
It saddens me when any disaster hits, it saddens me even more that new Orleans was the hot topic during katrina. Biloxi, gulfport, bay st. Louis, waveland were decimated to slab. I live here and still, 13 years later, it's not the same. It's definitely not the people of new Orleans fault for the crappy fema director or the circumstances they found themselves facing. It really does go to show that we have to lean on one another. Regardless of race, age, wealth, social standing. We can rebuild our lives and the lives of our neighbors if we stick together.
Danielle Dodson thank you so freakin much!!!!!!
Danielle Dodson yup
Amen! I'm from Kenner (New Orleans) and lived in Gulfport for a while... Just moved back to Metairie a few weeks ago.
I made a bunch of friends on the coast and heard some of their stories... It was truly devastating what happened there.
Where I lived had little to no damage, some areas had minor flooding (like 12-24" in homes) and lots of tree limb and wimd damage...
I think the media was fascinated to see the nation's 46th largest city in that condition.
But you are right, Hancock and Harrison County were wiped out south of I-10 and Pass Rd.
Only good thing is thst it didn't sit under water for weeks. I feel bad for St. Bernard Parish too... They were hit even harder than the lower 9th ward, which really isn't that big of an area, honestly.
@@midnightmystery544 are you serious?
Plaquemines Parish Louisiana was ground Zero.
The government knew what they were doing, getter rid of the lower ninth ward where they claim most of the violence came from
Lorraine McNeal that was the worst thing they ever did. I’m an hour from New Orleans. They left there and went to cities all around New Orleans after that. You could tell the difference in crime after Katrina. It’s been terrible
Back then the crime was just in certain areas, now it’s spread throughout the city
New orleans point
Bruh the government just like oh yeah I forgot let me send som- oh wait they died
It hurts so bad when I see videos of Katrina. New Orleans is my adopted hometown that I visit as much as possible. I have made good friends there. During my most recent trip I was walking in the neighborhood I was staying in and saw the words "Help Us" on someone's rooftop and it broke my heart.
I remember seeing so many people suffering after Katrina and it really made me think about my own finances. That could have EASILY been me....So, I immediately started slowly creating an emergency fund. My goal was to have enough money, so that if a storm ever hit, I would not be forced to stay behind because I couldn't afford to leave.
Very nice presentation. Good to see that New Orleans is getting back on its feet again,thanks to the resilience of its citizens. A unique culture endures.
mango bantree New Orleans will never recover. its still a shit hole, it was before the storm also. most of the city is STILL empty. oh but the ghetto is back, and worse than ever !
what are you talking about? majority of the city is not "still empty". crime is worse, yes, but the city has been revitalized since Katrina.
If you want to call what goes on in that stick hole a culture.
@@winterhorse290 you didn’t even make any type of sense.
@@emilyd.6371 clearly havnt been to new orleans east then
New Orleans is my town I grew up in
Minecraft Gamer Gamer fyi new Orleans is a city not a town
Alfred Selle he meant it’s his town
So many people were done wrong
I bet there were alligators in them waters.....wouldn't catch me anywhere near alligator lands
Ha. Here in Florida we weren’t just conditioned living by alligators , we were molded in the skins of their mothers . Adaptation is survival .
Them there alligators gotta eat too
@Jjoonn who tinkled in your cornflakes? Why the chip on your shoulder that you have to attack for no reason!
The alligators ate some of the people who were dead on the sidewalk.
That really sad 😭😭😭
Centrist Shenanigans, you aren't any better. KARMA will come for you. Quit making fun of other people.
It was
Your name is Katrina-
I will never forget this. I Balled my eyes out😔😔
I hated that happen to New Orleans it's very sad god bless the ones they loss
GOD BLESS THE PEOPLE THAT DID THEIR PART. WHAT GOD WANT US TO DO AND BE!👍👍👍🙂🙂
It was heart breaking when the senior citizens drowned at the nursing home. The administrator and all other staff should be ashamed of themselves.
Ok I guess anybody who works there is bad for not magically making them not trapped.
Have you worked in a nursing home ?
@@jonahmoran3751 I have worked in nursing home the training we recibe when it comes to aid people is to focus on the onces who can walk ...nursing home are very under staff.. is a Job no to many people wants to do !
What a stupid comment. As a healthcare worker I can bet they were short staffed.
The prison was awful. The prisoners were just left to rot. Left in cells with water rising. That was disgusting.
I was born and raised in NO. I was 10 when Betsy struck in '65 and 13 when Camille hit in '69. I left NO in '73 never to return. How anyone that went through Katrina would want to stay and rebuild, when, another hurricane will strike and devastate NO, is baffling.
The scariest part is that it's was only the beginning of these type of hurricanes
Uh, no?
No, the effect of that hurricane was so terrible because of the Mississippi River Gulf Outlet federal project that funneled the storm surge straight into ne New Orleans .
Otherwise the levees north of 9th ward would have held. Betsy in 1965 was a much worse storm which was catastrophic for the Caribbean , then strengthened further as it crossed the gulf and hit NO on the same path as Katrina. The marsh lands absorbed the blow. MRGO has been permanently blocked by the feds (quietly). Look on Google Earth
I was there. It was horrendous.
Would like to know if it was true that certain parts of the laves were blasted.
D. Day no
No, Katrina wasn’t a government conspiracy
Yes and no. Way back then a levee was destroyed to save the “rich area” and drown the”poor” area
Way back in the 20th centuaru
Century
I'm Katrina survivor
You are a strong one mam
Ray Nagin had a lot of nerve he was the mayor he let those buses sit there he should have gotten those people out.
TRUTH ✔️
God bless that woman
The beginning of Ms. Teichner's report should have set the tone when Ms. Uddo said, "If the gov't didn't help before, during, and after the storm, then we can't depend on the gov't to help us to rebuild." Evacuations have always been the responsibility of the individual NOT of the local, state, or federal government. First, Mayor Nagin failed to provide any leadership. He was not present during that local TV newscast with the other surrounding SEVEN (?) parish (county) leaders to outline the detailed who, what, when, where, why, and how of the mandatory evacuation for its residents. We watched the TV and knew exactly what to do. These leaders made it clear that "Mayor Nagin was called, but chose not to be present." [See "Timeline of Hurricane Katrina" Wikipedia for the complete explanation.] Second, Nagin was responsible to first alert Gov. Blanco and then inform the Federal gov't for any present and any future help of impending services and/or funds pertaining to THE STORM. As a result, no support was given. Third, Nagin did not provide shelters, emergency food supplies, transportation out of the city, etc., nor did he inform anyone with an essential emergency plan of hierarchy duties to perform or follow. Those of us who watched and listened to our parish leaders had evacuated by Sunday. By Sunday night, all of these leaders had uttered their immortal words: "Get the h--- out of this city...NOW!” Nagin failed to do anything until 10 hours before Katrina was to hit New Orleans. For the wonderful New Orleans citizens, they deserved to be treated with dignity and respect by their own mayor whom they voted into office.
We have all seen the unforgettable photographic images. After "THE STORM" all bridges had been destroyed. All major highways into the city had been flooded. The rest of the roads were impassable. The New Orleans airport had suffered damages and its personnel had departed. The roads to the military airport near N.O. had houses and mounds of debris obstructing them. It was impossible for Air Force One to have landed anywhere and President Bush to have visited New Orleans. The President was “out of touch" as Ms. Teichner made subtlety clear with her voiceover showing the President Bush looking out the window of Air Force One. It was also impossible for any other form of transportation to be driven into this city. All credit should be given to Col. Honore' for initiating orders for the National Guard to help the many thousands in The Superdome. However, Nagin was on the radio blaming the state gov't and the federal gov't by screaming at them "get off your a---- to help". He should have heeded his own words. During this time please look at his photo-op images with Gov. Blanco and President Bush. (His head was still bald but his face had grown a beard!) Where are the images of his visiting
The Superdome to relive their suffering AND doing something about it?
Please know that Hurricane Katrina inflicted damage of biblical portions to the Greater New Orleans Metropolitan Area.
It annihilated the Mississippi Gulf Coast. Its path of mass destruction trekked through Alabama's Gulf Coast into Birmingham and beyond. There were over a hundred counties/parishes that were affected and the multitude of miles effected by Katrina. Ten of thousands of people suffered. A hurricane is NEVER selective with its path of devastation. Katrina did not discriminate. What is unbelievable is that THE PRESS in all of its modern forms, only consecrated on one neighborhood -
The Lower Ninth Ward. Shame on THE PRESS for not giving equal time to others who also lost everything. Shame on THE PRESS for continuing to fail to seek the total truth, and report the totality of these facts. Shame on THE PRESS for reporting that the colossal failure was placed at the state and federal level and not with Mayor Nagin who failed to provide leadership at the Genesis of Katrina. We will always mourn the 1200 who perished in Katrina’s winds. Our sorrow will always be of the tens of thousands who remained in New Orleans. We will always grieve for the unbearable massive suffering that was endured because all levels of government did not response properly. Those of us who lived through the horror of Katrina and continue to carry its burden pray that the truth will be told before we perish from this earth.
Maybe next time, Ms. Teichner and all of THE PRESS, might want to seek the truth and report all of the facts. Freedom of THE PRESS was established as a noble institution. Unfortunately, its presentence in these times only serves as a tabloid in its many forms by its brevity of facts, its sound bites, and the regurgitation of previously told tales.DMP
+DMP As an 11 year old living in Illinois, I was well informed of the mandatory evacuation. How could I not be, with the 24 hour news coverage of a category 5 hurricane headed toward NOLA and the Mississippi Gulf Coast on every major news channel?
This storm floded six flags New orealns
+Minecraft Master too
Minecraft Master 2
DMP It was a colossal failure on ALL levels...City, state and federal!!!! The Coast Guard and Reserves saved lives. Volunteers in boats and people commandeered busses to save lives. That's who helped..THE greatest country in the world, leaving it's people to die. There are no excuses...Ships could have been prepositioned with supplies. Black eye on Bush, the buck stops with him. He took responsibility finally. My heart still aches.
How can you decipher "equal opportunity storm" from only its outcomes? Obviously the more money/resources you have, the better you'll fare.
the 2nd video I have seen saying something about there only being 1 grocery store in lower ninth ward, not necessarily true, aren't they about 1 mile from the walmart supercenter in Chalmette? and another mile or so to a Winn Dixie there as well?......
Man I’m
Back here today because of yet another stronger record breaking hurricane about to hit the same place again and everything still ain’t fixed from years ago this is crazy and I feel so emotional right now man 😩
The most unique and cultured city in the US. They deserve their home.
Watching this in the 14th year anniversary of Katrina. Still sad.
Some of that mess got cleaned up . Looks good New Orleans .
Interview the black people
They have.
I love and dream to go back to New Orleans
They need to make a law all houses and businesses need to have inflatable boats and life jackets.
The government can't force you to do anything that's called communism
Tyler Smith they literally have laws they enforce wtf
@@tylersmith2152 um what does this have to do communism oh wait anything you don’t like is communism I get it now, but let’s be real it’s good on paper but just impossible to implement.
@UCX77xOoEgrtqHWgxGzEPMVg you’re a bafoon.
@@tylersmith2152lol
God bless all you sweet women and the ppl who rallied
The don't bleep the word ass but they bleep the word GOD?
that is not true, Jesus is the truth. If God wasnt real I would have been dead before age 12
Putting you on the prayer list
lol @james carter. word.
James Carter God dam we also tired of the cry babies but yet we listen to them
Mike Zeedan Funny, when I turned 12 I stopped believing in fairytales.
Anyone watching right before hurricane laura just me oh
me 👀
Same
I lived in Louisiana when Katrina happened now I live in Texas and we’re about to get hit by Laura. I can’t seem to get away from these hurricanes lmao
Meeeee and i hate it
Abby Stubbs I hope your alright after the Laura Hurricane. I was praying for everyone.
God bless you
AND YET...CEDRIC RICHMOND KEEPS GETTING ELECTED ...WHY?
Just some info for some New Orleans is one of the oldest cities in North America established by the French before the United States even existed, the whole freaking city is a historical and cultural site, it is also the top tourist site in Louisiana which brings in a large portion of Louisiana economic revenue, so before you say why rebuild take away one of your states most important historical sites and one of your most important economic activities and see how you would hold up. For some states it wouldn't be a big deal cause you have a lot but for Louisiana one of the poorest states it is very important.
The levies broke spontaneously? Or... were broken purposely? Just as they had previously done.
Proof? Oh yeah you don’t have proof. You need to have other evidence other than it sounded really loud like a Big Bang when it broke.
After Hurricane Katrina What Is New Orleans In 2019 & 2020
I lived here for 11 years I was born in hot springs Arkansas nut New Orleans is my home always and it breaks my heart rest in peace all the people who lost their lives
What do you expect when you build 12 feet below sea level? Plus the storm hit Mississippi worst towns like Waveland.
I’m watching ida 2021 and it looks like it’s going to be as bad Katrina 🥺 I hope everyone can get to safely
I was trapped in the super dome with my family and people was getting rapped cause they let inmates out
Omg 😳
Is that even true? I don’t think people would be getting rapped in a huge crowd also huge stereotypes alert? Every inmate in anywhere is a raper? I guess so then
I live in lakeview in 2020 its lookimg amazing now
she's a wonderful woman. the government has some uses, but in catastrophes (and other things) it's a long haul if you're lucky to get anything. It might not be a bad idea that private funds for cities and towns are established supported by a very small recurring percentage of homeowner's mortgage payments. This may help fill in gaps in individual insurance policies.
In that part where he's stating but the homeowner and what color of the person was that's true also even if even in a situation like this is crazy I'm telling y'all it has some stuff went on here after hurricane Katrina and during the storm was even worse it wasn't even a hurricane itself it's stuff that you won't believe I rest my case 🙏
We spent over a month there, and man it was awful. I had only been a rescue swimmer for over a month at a new Squadron when this happened. Felt so bad for the Families, they legit lost everything.
Outrageous
Waiting for Cristobal looking to stay or leave but I dont know where to go to be safe probably Newton tx but I don't know if floods there Pray for my family.
New Orleans is a few feet below sea level. Floods there are devastating.
Well, when you live in a city that is located below sea level, residents should anticipate the worst case scenario in the event of a hurricane.
Wilbur Snaffel .
Like Mumbai City (India)
Wilbur Snaffel Now that is true & also when u are told to evacuate u shouldn’t question or even try to weather the storm YOU leave but even after all that these people just didn’t deserve this and should have been better taken care in such a bad crisis!!!....
Thank you!
The point is not eveeryone has the privilege to just UP AND LEAVE. the black population of Louisiana was pretty much completely abandoned byt he govt. The rich area Egh French qtr were quickly fixed and up for business while the poorest most vulnerable pople (mostly black) were left homeless and to die....that's the reality of what happned
MrEvldreamr the privilege of leaving...you mean they needed a pass or license to leave?
Lake view got some of the most snobbish people I ever met in my life,
true story. IDk who's worse though, them or Old Metairie.
Doesn't New Orleans have a reputation for being one of the top ten most corrupt cities in the USA? If that is the case, it is one of the most corrupt cities in all of the major, advanced, modern, industrialized countries of the world. They build dams and levees that will not protect them from flooding in a hurricane. That for a city founded on a flood plain? You can thank the British. In the 1700s one of three major forced migrations in US history took place. British forces made the French in Acadia in the NE move to Louisiana to the site of present day New Orleans. Those who say what happened that long ago has nothing to do with what happens in the present. As you can see historical chains of cause and effect have much to do with the present. The Brits did not cause corruption there. They did not cause the gross negligence that led to so many deaths. However, British actions in the 1700s did have to do with who is there now, and why they were there, and who died. When it comes to history, you must always consider multiple causation.
Sounds like you need a different view on life then.
@@johnshaw8228 the heck...the British made the Cajuns get out of Nova Scotia
But it was the Cajuns choice to come to Louisiana
And those who did come here
Didn't go into New Orleans, which was French
They went into to rural swamp areas
@@johnshaw8228 I guess blame the brits for. Not knowing the weather get a brain and come back to me when you got it
While bush definitely bungled the response the mayor and governor don't get nearly enough blame. Nagan in particular essentially turned down every offer of help he got and then went around yelling at people to fix the problem for him (and then reusing to let them do anything, repeating the cycle).
Nagan also knew 72 hours before it hit that nola would get rammed and declared mandatory evacuation 24 hours before also knew 15% of people who live there couldn’t drive
I used to think that the government loves its people, at least what I was taught. Now I know we aren’t nothing but pedestrians to them, they don’t care if we die or become homeless.
Me acuerdo de eso, fue horrible, vi las noticias desde mexico.
De que parte de Mexico es usted? Pero xyando todos los de New Orleans evacuaron a Texas , los crimenes subieron en todas Las ciudades aqui en Dallas,Houston,San Antonio y Austin. Pero mas en Houston porque llegaron mas ahi por k estan mas serca.
In a way this reminds me of the 1900 flood in Galveston
Just to think that this next hurricane season for 2023 is going to be catastrophic. I’m fretting for it but I’m also ready. Floridian born i don’t face away from no storm no matter how strong. But if 2022 had a “relapse” of 2004’s hurricane tracks then 2005’s tracks would be concrete evidence that systems just recycle after 2 decades and with warning climate and water surface being in the 80’s to 90’s any gulf hurricane will be absolutely deadly.
Where the f did the money we all donated go? Not just insurance payouts and government billions, but all of us out here in the U.S. donated billions to help. A lot of us cut back as much as we could in our personal lives so we could send money to charities to help!
Bush blamed the fema director for not giving 2500 seriously that’s worth nothing
I don't understand why those people didn't get the help they needed.F***in ridiculous!
I think the banks are reluctant to loan money to rebuild in the 9th ward , because the area is too vulnerable to hurricane and flood damage . Thanks 9th ward should become an open space wetland .
Almost done with my first tour in the Navy I Almost reupped to help enforce Martial Law as a Military Police/Master at Arms so glad I chose to go home.
Wow. Nobody dancing now. Prayers for you all with the virus
I can’t imagine how long it would take if they decided to raise the structure incase of another hurricane like this
It’s more a matter of money I believe
N.O is becoming a cofferdam city in the gulf. Once an area is flooded should be designated a wildlife area or wetlands swamp
Watching this on my phone while watching News Coverage for Hurricane Laura😔
I remember we own Buffet all you can eat. Busy everyday everybody hungray
Do you serve cats and dogs long time?...asking for a friend.
John Lain i peace service love ☝️
St John 3:16! 💓
JESUS is coming again SOON! ALLELUIA!
This world is shutting down. JESUS is coming sooner now than when we first believed!
I'm a man of faith . But that has been said over history countless times. Only God knows when he's sending his son
He is coming very soon. Wow
That's soo 😥
Is it all rebuilt now?? Cuz im coming to have me so ebony fun in vacation
Gross
Please dont.
2021 ... during huricane Ida... before it hits cat 4 again in lousiana
You should have been here after Katrina at night time you better make sure you've been inside for a certain time tonight the devil was here himself
She sounds like a Karen at 3:55 ... but a rebel karen. With a purpose. Fighting the man. Maybe thats what they all need
Such a sad memory
Wow wow 😳
5 days to leave some humans stranded is cruel and unusual punishment some one should have been held accountable
I didn't even realize Katrina was a racist storm....wow
It was?
Word
Wow I agree with him
Why spend billions rebuilding a city below sea level.
Jeepin John so whites can live there. Gentrification.
@@miamia6027 ok? Proof? It’s below sea level. Hahahahaha the Netherlands laugh at this
Not all of it is below sea level .
Now the home cost 200 thousand plus in low income areas
Lol, that’s funny. Ray Nagin was almost entirely to blame for New Orleans being put into the position that it was, then he tried to blame Bush.
dude, i was there 25 years ago
Thank God you made it out safe 🙏
🙂🙂🙂
Watching this now let me know what they are going to do to all of us.
And what’s that
He doesn’t have words because he just said that to make people go stupid and lose their brains
History does not repeat.
Huh sorry bud but let’s look at Galveston? Texas got hit utterly destroyed let’s go about more than a century later 2017 hurricane Harvey hitting Texas history does repeat
And why was the bottom of the blackest neighborhood targeted and not it's surrounding neighborhoods
Why didn’t they try using a simple formula to find a median number after collecting data from all areas. Like if 1,000 1500sf homes had a median worth of $65,000 in one area, $85,000 in another area, $105,000 in another area and $150,000 in another area etc etc, those who qualify would receive a little over 101k. Before people jump to say “that’s not fair to those with higher home value,” it’s highly likely that those in more affluent areas have better insurance coverage, if they get less grant money they still get more insurance paid out, so at the end of the day they are going to get a significantly higher amount then if they only collected insurance and then the less affluent communities like the 9th ward will get a little more and can build better homes which will not only up the value of the neighborhood, but also the entire city making it a win for the future of the city. It seems like ppl like to think of the now instead of the future. But if doing something like that just wouldn’t fly cuz ppl won’t think it’s fair they get less grant money to give others more for the better of the city’s future (even though their insurance will make up for the grant loss and then some) they could also use the same formula but design 3 tiers, low, middle, high, and disburse accordingly. Even tho I think the other way will be more successful for the future. These American cities are only as great as their poorest neighborhoods. The neighborhoods that used to be better until gentrification reared it’s ugly head. If you build up the 9th ward and other similar neighborhoods with beautiful new homes, isn’t that a way to bring confidence and joy back to its residents? I know I’m rambling and maybe I have no idea what I’m talking about. Or maybe I do. It breaks my heart to see these elderly black teachers, social workers, gainfully employed examples of black excellence, who are the true face of the 9th ward, lose everything and still fighting 10-15 yrs later to have a home. Those who were there before it became riddled with crime, when it was a nice place to live. Those who never left. I feel the government had the opportunity to rebuild the worst areas and dropped the ball and changed the color of the face of NOLA forever. But what do I know.
The reports of hearing explosions though! Wow! Did they blow up those levees for real? 😱😱😱 Evil!
Pure evil
Teresa Cody no
Damn...
I know all the thinks are posible in this World
Also this dude saying that the hurricane was racist and picked black houses to flood. REAlLy ..
Mayor Nagin should have been put on trial for not preparing his city for this disaster!
I lived in new orleans years ago. Must of the people were very poor. I'm sure most people didn't have insurance.
Considering the fact that it was below sea level insurance would be extremely expensive
And loans to build in certain parts of it hard to get .
Amen