Katrina aftermath - what the fuck???

[Tommy]

if you really think about the job situation its really fucked

its gonna be 3 months before they start letting people back in

so 3 months before buisness can start rebuilding
who knows maybe 2 months to rebuild ??
but who is gonna rebuild when there are no jobs, which = no money

if you reopen your resturant nobody has any money to come and order food, drinks etc

[dareutwo]

Originally Posted by Tommy

so 3 months before buisness can start rebuilding
who knows maybe 2 months to rebuild ??
but who is gonna rebuild when there are no jobs, which = no money

I'm guessing a lot longer than that. When Andrew hit Florida, plywood prices 1800 miles away almost tripled. (and we make it here)
They don't have an infrastructure to build onto. All the gas, power, phones etc, no longer exist. What are you going to hook up too??
This will take years.

I would keep the people out for as long as it takes to have the really big equipment to get their jobs done. ie... don't allow them back for maybe a year. During that time, let the dozers and big crews get the heavy lifting done. It's a lot easier to tear up and replace a road when you don't have to detour or reroute traffic or worry about live wires, just tear it up and build.
If a 12 man crew can install the infrastructure to a new 50 house sub division in about 8-10 weeks, imagine what 15,000 National Guard, the SeeBeas and huge equipment can get done. They can work 24 hours a day.