New Orleans exists as a port. Has existed as a port for three hundred years. Yes, it is viable. But overwhelmed by poverty at the best of times. Not to mention heat, humidity, roaches, termites, crack, teen pregnancy, illiteracy, you name it. Alcoholism. Diabetes. Poor management.
Just got off the phone with one of my friends. He only suffered wind damage yesterday, three windows out, nine shingles off, but this morning the flooding started. Now he's got two feet of water in his house, and it's rising slowly.
Nobody knows why. His house is a two story Victorian, post and beam structure, so he should be ok. I hope.
Can't imagine what the rest of the city is going through, the ones in the little shacks. |
