Believe me, I hope I'm wrong. I hope everyone who's posted today that NO will be back open for business by Mardi Gras 2006 is right. And if so, I'll be bringing my kids down there to see it, like my parents brought me, because I truly love that city; had my honeymoon there. There's something about it, an atmosphere that is like no other place.
I'll make my kids sweat in Preservation Hall to hear the jazz, just like my parents did, LOL!
Trust me, you are wrong. Metropolitan New Orleans is 1.4 million people, we did not lose thousands of people in the Hurricane and there is flooding but 90% of the houses/building that are flooded can be used again with minor to moderate repairs. Once the water is gone in the next week or so, people will come back, start fixing things up and rebuild.