Not dead yet

[redbird]

Yes, I'm worried about Hurricane Katrina and what it may do to New Orleans, but it's discouraging and odd to be reading all these posts that seem to be coming from a future in which the city is completely gone.

Cities can recover from a lot, but it helps to believe in them.

Comments

[mactavish.livejournal.com]

I think that people are already mourning what they wanted to see, as tourists, mostly the French Quarter, (which faces real damage, but will survive on several levels). New Orleans will recover, but it will have changed, like parts of the Bay Area did after the Loma Prieta quake, and like we will after a similar-sized quake that is underneath us instead of 60 miles away.