There have been many floods in the Greater New Orleans area over the years and the homes do get renovated and the idea that submersing a home in clean water makes it permanently unlivable is ludicrous, so add a little raw sewage, no, not ideal, but life will go on in NO. I think there exists a gross misunderstanding of pre-existing levels of cleanliness (I mean lack thereof) in NO. For example, if my house on Rocheblave took two or three feet of water inside I will pull out the one room of carpet, remove bottom four feet of sheetrock throughout, pull out insulation, spray a little bleach solution, re-insulate, re-sheetrock, paint, refinish wood floors, voila, life goes on. Now, if my roof is damaged and exposed to elements for the next four months or so, well, a little more work, ok, fuck, a lot of work involved, and materials will be hard to get and its gonna be a bitch, so.
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- jimlouis 9-10-2005 12:24 am