New Orleans continues to deteroate

Keeps getting worse
Some reports of Marshall Law (unconfirmed)

It will be a long long time to recover.
Many homes and structures may have to be demolished.
Structural Damage.
Mold.

Will they rebuild?
Will it make sense to do so?


New Orleans Is Now Off Limits; Pentagon Joins in Relief Effort - New York Times:

"The hurricane has wrought incalculable destruction in the city and other parts of Louisiana, leaving thousands of people homeless and stranded. Today, the mayor said it could be months before residents would be allowed to return to their homes.

With bridges washed out, highways converted into canals, and power and communications lines inoperable, government officials ordered everyone still remaining out of the city. Officials prepared for the evacuation of the Superdome, where about 10,000 refugees huddled in increasingly grim conditions as water and food were running out and rising water threatened the generators.

The mayor of New Orleans, Ray Nagin, told reporters late on Tuesday that it would be three to four months before residents would be able to return to their homes, but in Baton Rouge today, officials questioned that timeline.

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