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I live within several hours of New Orleans. People are already moving to Baton Rouge and Mobile, AL from there.

You can probably forget about Saitns football. Also, there is talk of bulldozing much of the city and not even rebuilding it until they deal with the levee and pump situation.

I live within a few hours of New Orleans, and I know it is bad there. 911 doesn't even compare to this. One has to wonder if there will be more causalities in this than in 911. We are definitely impacted more economically than in 911.

From what I know, many businesses and residents are already moving to Mobile and Baton Rouge. I would be surprised if New Orleans ends up with 100,000 in the city (maybe even the metro area).

Have you seen the damage from Ivan on the Gulf Coast? It will take Pesacola and the Alabama beaches 3 years to fully recover. This is much worse.

the rebuilding of New Orleans will take much longer than that of nyc. more importantly than the land and buildings however is the rebuilding of the people's psyche. after 9/11 the people of nyc banded together and had the "my spirit will not be broken" resolve. they united to fight a common enemy, fueled by the greatest source of determination: American patriotism. however, the situation is much different in New Orleans. The people are in despair and rightfully so. Relief and an attempt to restore order has been much too slow in arriving and it feels that they have been left to fend for themselves. in this time of crisis it's as if the government and Bush has abandoned the people of Louisiana. for the president to arrive days after camera crews and rescue crews is inexcusable. i just pray that the delayed efforts have nothing to do with race, but i can't help but feel that if the superdome was filled with affluent whites, they would've been carried to safety hours after the incident instead of leaving thousands of poor blacks stranded inside for days. to read more about the rescue and relief efforts (or lack thereof) here's the 60 minutes report http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2005/...in815179.shtml

you've painted a visceral image of the damage done in the wake of katrina. however, i feel it's somewhat callous to say that there is no comparison between this hurricane and and the events that transpired on 9/11. the hurricane may have affected a greater number of people but those who were affected will have been scarred in much of the same way. here's a quote from 60 minutes:

Asked if he thought people died because of the delays, Nagin says, "There is no doubt about it. I watched a guy jump from the Superdome yesterday, just couldn't take it anymore. We have two police officers that have committed suicide. They couldn't take it anymore. This is, this is ****.

an eerie similarity don't you think?

[quote=skaghetti]We may be losing as many lives or more than 9/11. In that sense it is similar. However, it is more damaging economically and long term than 9/11. New Orleans reminds me of the movie "The Day After Tomorrow".