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To: LindyBill who wrote (138342)	9/11/2005 9:34:45 AM
From: carranza2	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 793531

Disagree, Lindy. A lot of the housing is wood frame; soak it long enough and the studs and other framing starts to weaken and rot. The flooding covers to various extent a huge part of the city. Some of it might fit what you say, but in other parts, particularly Chalmette, which supplies clerical and blue collar workers, the devastation is complete. In Chalmette, a whole community not only has water to the top of roofs, but the water is mixed with oil from leaking oil refineries. No amount of bleach will clean that. Long story short, I don't think it's yet possible to make a good assessment. Some housing may be refurbished like you say, but clearly a lot of it is gone forever. Where a particular home stands in this continuum cannot yet be determined.