#8 Postby Sean in New Orleans » Wed Sep 19, 2007 9:39 pm
From jschlitz:
You can start with the Nat'l Geographic article from a couple of months ago. MRGO is still a surge channel straight into the city. I don't have to LIVE in NOLA to keep up. I was there for a week last year when the Times-Picayune ran a weeklong series on post-Katrina. I picked-up every copy. The Times-Picayune and WWL are a mouseclick away. But that's not the place to find out anyways....the "official" analysis is never what's really happening behind the scenes. My wife works in the insurance industry and LA and coastal MS are in her territory. She is there at least twice a month talking to the largest commercial agents in town along with the Independent Insurance Agent boards of LA, MS, and NOLA. These are the very people that write policies for property there. These are the largest agents. She keeps up (and me in the loop) with what's going on because she has to. And believe me, if there is one industry that really knows what's happening, it's the insurance industry. They have access to things that you'll never see published in the paper. I'll put it this way, my wife's counterpart who actually live(d) in NOLA and offices in Metaire packed everything and moved to Hammond. Do really think after all these years the bureacracy over there finally got it right? If you do, I beg to differ. We can take this OT if you like...but that's my $.02 and I'm fairly well-connected when it comes to this.[/quote]
From Sean In New Orleans
Are you referring to the National Geographic arcticle that had a professor state that he "tasted," salt water when he put his finger in the ground of a puddle and said the wall was leaking? LOL. I believe it was found out within a week that the salt water was coming from a Sewerage & Water Board leak that was bringing salt to the surface from the original flood. I truly appreciate your concern. And please don't mention insurance agencies to me...they are the most uninformed, manipulative entities out there. The bottom line is $$$. We learned that long ago. As said, I've done all of my homework, made the proper phone calls to the federal government (actually my attorney made the calls). I'm not concerned. After what happened with Katrina, it is completely understandable that it will take a number of years for "outsiders," to learn the truth...but they will. Those of us that live here, walk around daily, watch recovery, and attend neighborhood meetings weekly are privy to the latest information. Hence, I live where I live. New Orleans will never flood again from a hurricane unless it is from water from the sky. It won't come from storm surge. I'm proud of what your wife is privy too....I'm privy to stuff too. That's why I moved my entire homestead to Mid-City. Your in another part of the country. We expect this type of post-Katrina attitude in New Orleans for a number of years. We've already discussed this very issue in neighborhood meetings, as well. Trust...no stone is unturned in this city with locals. But, thanks again for the conern and I mean that.....Now PLEASE back to the system.
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