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To: carranza2 who wrote (142746)	10/13/2005 12:32:08 PM
From: DMaA	Respond to of 793834

At least their lawns won't be ruined. Just trying to find a silver lining here. A very substantial part of the flooding sustained in the East Bank of Jefferson Parish was not due to salt water, indicating that water intrusion from Lake Pontchartrain did not cause it.

To: carranza2 who wrote (142746)	10/14/2005 6:35:26 AM
From: LindyBill	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793834

"Katrina" does an "ethnic cleansing" job. USA TODAY Evacuees shun going home By Susan Page, USA TODAY WASHINGTON — Hurricane Katrina has swept away more than New Orleans buildings: Nearly four in 10 city residents who sought help from the Red Cross say they don't plan to move back, a USA TODAY/CNN/Gallup Poll finds. By Michael A. Schwarz, USA TODAY That astounding migration of an estimated 50,000 households could change the face of the city they're leaving behind — and the places where they relocate. USA TODAY, with the cooperation of the American Red Cross, conducted a telephone poll of 1,510 of the 470,000 people from Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama who registered for help after the storm. Half were reached by cellphone in the first comprehensive survey of hurricane victims. Nearly seven weeks later, the most devastating natural disaster in U.S. history continues to roil their lives. Among New Orleans residents, 39% say they definitely or probably won't move back. The Red Cross registered more than 132,000 of the city's 180,000 households, which translates to about 50,000 households planning to relocate. (Related: Five lessons from Katrina) "That would be unprecedented ... in the quickness of it, the bigness of it, and the fact that these people are very rooted" in New Orleans, says William Frey, a demographer at the University of Michigan. "You might be able to have a viable economy there, and tourism. But the pulse of that city would change dramatically." Overall, blacks are twice as likely as whites to say they won't return. Those with higher and lower incomes are more likely to say they'll relocate than those in the middle. And those under age 30 are much more likely to plan to move than their elders. Among those polled Sept. 30-Oct. 9: •Half haven't returned home. They are staying in hotels, renting temporary quarters or living with friends or relatives. •Nearly four in 10 of those who had jobs before the storm are out of work. •More than one in five still are separated from family members. •Nearly two-thirds say that as a result of the storm, they sometimes feel anxious and depressed and have trouble sleeping. "It's like every day is a bad day," says Quanesha Blaise, 30, who was among those surveyed. Her home in St. Bernard Parish was destroyed. Now she's living in a hotel in Duncanville, Texas. "I want to think positive, but it's like starting all over." Those least prepared for Katrina's force were inland residents of all three states. They were the least likely to have evacuated beforehand and the most likely to have feared for their lives when the storm hit. Contributing: Jim Norman, Paul Overberg Find this article at: usatoday.com