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  • Katrina Recovery: Four years later, ghost towns

    Posted by admin on September 11th, 2009 and filed under katrina |

    The Lower 9th Ward, devastated by Hurricane Katrina, has an eerie, empty feeling, where weeds have taken over square blocks, and the sounds of bugs and wind dominate. (Aug. 26)

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    25 Responses

    1. winterover79 Says:

      It,s below sea …
      It,s below sea level … MOVE OUT !!!!! Don’t depend on the government and a 100 year old pump to save you…

    2. johndoe590 Says:

      just depends on …
      just depends on what their bills are

    3. jwbarne Says:

      How can you be 1 or …
      How can you be 1 or 2 months away from being homeless if you make 3800+ a month?

    4. CarlLewenski Says:

      Man! Between Aids, …
      Man! Between Aids, starvation, filthy water, genoicide and maleria in your home country and attacking each other, dealing drugs to each other, and living in poverty in a good country…. Your people have nothing going for them, do they?

      I grew up around your people. I got an education, a good job, and thank God, I live in the country now.
      From what I have witnessed of your bunch, you are getting exactly what you deserve.

    5. startug Says:

      It is Running on …
      It is Running on tracks, the tracks are in the asphalt.

    6. gdrbs427 Says:

      How is that train …
      How is that train running on no tracks? Why doesn’t it sink in the asphalt?

    7. ZX2ManDave Says:

      4 years later these …
      4 years later these people are still sponging off of the government. This is not the only hurricane to have hit America, and contrary to popular belief is not the worse either.
      Time to move out of those free trailers, time to stop sponging off of that government check and move on.

    8. Grafman52 Says:

      wow thats ed up
      wow thats ed up

    9. shampoovta Says:

      Doctor, my eyes …
      Doctor, my eyes have seen the years
      And the slow parade of fears without crying
      Now I want to understand

      I have done all that I could
      To see the evil and the good without hiding
      You must help me if you can

      Doctor, my eyes
      Tell me what is wrong
      Was I unwise to leave them open for so long

      I am just sick at hart. :(

    10. DeadByLove Says:

      I pretty much agree …
      I pretty much agree with you lol

    11. NICKRITZER Says:

      see i feel much …
      see i feel much sorrow for these people, but at the same time, what do you expect when you live a few minutes from the ocean and your house is BELOW SEA LEVEL..as soon as i found out that information i would be moving out ASAP

    12. omgcodysignedon Says:

      i wanna see a video …
      i wanna see a video of this place be 4 the video is anyone has one send it to me

    13. omgcodysignedon Says:

      looks like detroit
      looks like detroit

    14. 1888junkteam Says:

      is that land …
      is that land farmable?

    15. 1888junkteam Says:

      i see alot of …
      i see alot of greenery

    16. gdrbs427 Says:

      The levees should …
      The levees should have been reinforced decades ago, but corrupt LA politicians chose to spend the money on other things. They gambled. They lost. You all deserve your plight. No sympathy here. Enjoy Ray “school bus” Nagan!!! Ha Ha Ha Ha!!!

    17. robertrothman Says:

      I was there doing …
      I was there doing K9 Search and Rescue during Katrina. The government DID let them down!

    18. dslcobra Says:

      What no one notices …
      What no one notices - or at least doesn’t say - is how effective the hurricane was at washing away all the poor people - NEVER TO RETURN.

      I was watching HGTV when two lesbians went to New Orleans to buy a house. $400,000 and up. Its ridiculous - prices are worse there than here in NYC.

      What’s worse is the ing Jews are taking over Brooklyn from Williamsburg to Willoughby.

    19. winitred000 Says:

      OMG the racism in …
      OMG the racism in these comments, the pride…..
      you have NO CLUE what these people are going through, you have not walked in their shoes……
      people are so full of hatred and pride……

      it’s obvious the gov’t doesn’t want to help build it back up again, because these disasters might turn around again……….after they have fixed everything up…….or they just don’t give a …..or both. What happened to Habitat for Humanity?

    20. ogre4ogre Says:

      3800 dollars a …
      3800 dollars a month….hey i’d love to double my household income!!

    21. Truthtolder Says:

      Apparently negros …
      Apparently negros aren’t intellectually capable of doing anything.
      Can’t they even start a grocery store?
      Why is everything so hard for black people?
      koreans aren’t like that, mexicans aren’t like that,Albanians aren’t like that.
      But black people!
      i has come to a point that i can’t even hate them anymore, I just pity them.
      It’s sad really.

    22. moontooth Says:

      And we are suppose …
      And we are suppose to trust these fools in government with any more power over anything, I don’t think so, say no to these men they are twisted

    23. lenny380 Says:

      Hey people didn’t …
      Hey people didn’t want to move back - do you blame them??

    24. baronderothchild Says:

      didn’t brad pitt …
      didn’t brad pitt build a super green house for all of them to live in?

    25. Connected2U2 Says:

      Were you adding to …
      Were you adding to what I said, or thought I meant something different in my little rant?

      That’s why I said it had to be a media dig on how stupid he was pointing out the train. Everyone with any common sense knows the value,purpose,gain,effect,industry,and jobs involved in having a train/rail-system in the town or city.
      like I said, I think his statement wasn’t edited out to show the world the incompetence and stupidity of the person being interviewed.

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