Evacuees' Lives Still Upended Seven Months After Hurricane

[highnooner]

Nearly seven months after Hurricane Katrina flooded New Orleans and forced out hundreds of thousands of residents, most evacuees say they have not found a permanent place to live, have depleted their savings and consider their life worse than before the hurricane, according to interviews with more than 300 evacuees conducted by The New York Times.

The interviews suggested that while blacks and whites suffered similar rates of emotional trauma, blacks bore a heavier economic and social burden. And even as both groups flounder, most said they believed that the rest of the nation, and politicians in Washington, have moved on.

"I don't think anybody cares, really," said Robert Rodrigue, a semiretired computer programmer who has returned to his home in the suburb of Metairie. "New Orleans is kind of like at the bottom of the country, and they just forget about us."

The Times study is the first major effort to examine the lives and attitudes of those displaced by the storm's devastation at the six-month point, a moment when many must decide whether to establish a life in a new place or return home.

http://www.nytimes.com/2006/03/22/national/nationalspecial3/22katrina.html?ei=5094&en=abda1b5fa93f7842&hp=&ex=1143003600&partner=homepage&pagewanted=print

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1. Katrina victims will

not get any help, it is up to us to save that great city,

even though it is the most busiest port in the nation

You won't get cheap shrimp for awhile


PISS ON CHERTOFF, BUSH AND POOR OLD BROWNIE

THEY PASSED THE BUCK AND NOLA IS LEFT WITH SHIT

MAYBE VOODOO WILL HELP THEM

[physioex]

6. I kinda lay of Brownie.....

Did you see that interview on CNN where that film producer forgives him? Atleast he has come clean from his mistakes.

[Suich]

2. This is shameful. n/t

[NYC]

3. I received a letter from the White House about Katrina.

It arrived yesterday.

...As the extraordinary recovery and reconstruction of our Nation's Gulf Coast continues in the devastating aftermath of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita, President Bush {sic} is committed to help our citizens rebuild their communities and their lives. The hundreds of thousands of households who received emergency help for food, clothing, and other essentials will continue to receive needed aid in the future. The Administration will also continue to extend assistance to individuals and families as we help them transition into permanent housing...

The letter is a page and a half long.

The watermark is the presidential seal and 2004. Yes, 2004. I guess they are using up their outdated stationery.

[phusion]

4. 2004?

jeez...this administration gets everything late.

[NYC]

5. Maybe he thought it would be his last year in office,

so stocked up.