Allan Shumaker asked,

"Have you heard any percentages of the
damage covered by flood insurance?"

1. New Orleans Will Have to Dry Itself Out By MATT CRENSON
Associated Press, September 1, 2005, [www.washingtonpost.com]

According to this article, only "half"of the people in New Orleans
have flood insurance. This is a reflection of the sad fact, as
Stephanie noted, poor people, of which 30 percent in New Orleans
were below the poverty line simply do not have insurance.

A related article is:

Big job, not so easy - Tab to rebuild New Orleans at $75B or
more. by Brett Arends, September 2, 2005, [business.bostonherald.com]

"Rebuilding New Orleans could cost
``at least'' $75 billion, a leading
expert warned yesterday."

Allan Shumaker asked,

"Also the TV showed an elevated roadway
across water where the road deck was
lifted off the pilings for miles long
stretches. Is that the causeway across
Pontchartrain or I10 across Mobile Bay?"

The picture, which you are talking about, is likely the Twin Span
I-10 bridge between New Olreans and Slidell. Pictures of it have
shown all over the news. The Lake Pontchartrain Causeway is also
missing several spans. The causeway lying adjacent to the I-10
bayway crossing of Mobile Bay was also buckled in places.
However, Wallace Tunnel, which carries Interstate 10 under the
Mobile Bay, is open. Some bridges on US 90 in Mississippi are
simply gone.

Best Regards,

Paul H.

"The past is never dead. It's not even past."
William Faulkner, Act 1, Scene III, Requiem for a Nun (1951)



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