Renata wrote:
Have an opportunity to go down in early January to participate in
destruction/construction activities. Not sure what sort of situation
exists down there.

Any insights?

Thanx
Renata
Was there last week. Wal-mart had re-opened that day that I took
"Devastation Tour" on Grey Line. We were told that less than half of
population had returned. Ninth ward area and St. Bernard Parish still
largely uninhabited. Large areas of closed malls and businesses. The
area is quite clean, but maybe that's due to the absence of people.
Downtown largely unaffected. Saw NO school children in 4 days there.
French Quarter still bustling. No foul odors or dead bodies. Be
forewarned...the locals down there consider this a MAN-MADE disaster
because the Army Corp. of Engineers wasn't doing its job, rather than a
natural disaster because the city is built in a bowl.