Morgan Palmer
EF5
What about going with a Venice theme? That would be lots of fun.
There's already a Venice just down the road from NO, and in much worse shape, I am sure. :cry:
What about going with a Venice theme? That would be lots of fun.
I don't think that alot of you realize what exactly rebuilding will involve. Almost every single building in the affected area will have to either be demolished or completely stripped to the frame and rebuilt. By the time that the rebuilding process can begin, with the floods and exposure due to roof and window failure, so much mold and rot will be in place that this will be the only possible solution. The entire flooded area will have to be cleaned up for hazardous waste, chemicals, petrolium products, and human and animal remains. Multiple cities infrastructures will have to be completely rebuilt, including power, sewer, water, and road and highway systems. Then, all of the business that will have gone bankrupt during the rebuilding time will have to be replaced. The cities main source of revenue, tourism, is gone for an undeterminable period of time. And this is just a few of the problems facing the rebuilding effort. And before any of this can begin, you have to stop the water from coming in, and get it all pumped back out.
The question is, can the insurance industry survive this?
A significant portion of the destruction has nothing to do with flooding. It's "hurricane damage," not to mention the fire, vandalism, and other causes of loss.Insurance companies don't insure against floods that come from the ground up...like in New Orleans. Only the federal goverment insures against this through the National Flood Insurance Program.
I'm not sure about looting. Destruction caused by war and riots is often not covered. Looting may be considered a riot.
What makes you think they are not doing so? Were you there?I mentioned this on another thread just about 5 minutes ago, but to me it seems blatantly obvious that the GOVERNMENT are the ones who must bear this logistical nightmare for the PEOPLE.