The formerly flooded city

Speaking of New Orleans, we were down there a few days ago.

Did some "disaster tourism" and drove around this area:








[from Google Maps]









Sad. Very sad. Yeah, lots of homes are being worked on. Some appear finished and are occupied.

Others are empty, collapsing, not gutted or boarded up. 16+ months after Katrina.

It appears that they didn't get enough of an influx of construction workers - legal or otherwise. And I'm sure that some poor souls' rehab efforts are being hampered by the snail's pace of the Road Home program.