Just wondering, how far behind is the recovery? Really, how much is left? At Katrina+5 will the rebuild/tear down be complete? When those levee systems are 'finished' and I feel safe enough to think about buying house in this city, will that be the end of the recovery? When we look back at the other storms of our past we see a never ending recovery that slowly morphed into failed flood walls and federal flood insurance. Will we look back at this year on Katrina +3 and say, "Well, another year and still not good enough." Can you wait? Should we be getting into action? When will the job market in the city even out? Are we destined to become the next Galveston? Or the next Atlanta? Or even the next south Florida? If a Republican wins the presidential election will we suffer? If Jindal wins the governor's seat will we suffer? If a Democrat wins either will we suffer?What other recovery questions are there?
What's going on here? Why am I posting so much? Today, in honor of Katrina I am attempting another 24 hour 24 post blogathon.
1. Oh, I think that we are pretty far behind but it's not Katrina's fault. I think that our days as a huge power player are gone but we will hopefully attract enough industry to sustain us. Otherwise, I'm thinking that we might be the next Martha's Vineyard.
Posted at 3:59PM on Aug 29th 2007 by Kelly Leahy