Literally. If you consider all the dead bodies that will be rotting inside attics and other places, the smell of death will be everywhere in the city of New Orleans.
I remember an account of the Civil War "Battle of the Wilderness." For two years, people could smell the battlefield from several miles away.
Unburied, decomposing corpses create a horendous stench.
Add to that the aftermath of sewage and filth from the city having been flooded and you have the makings of an uninhabitable environment triggering instant nausea.
You know we have got to stand together and stop this. Lies and hatred are being spewed on the airwaves against our government and our President.
I'm hearing doubts from Republicans because they are soaking up all the media bias and mudslinging. We all need to speak out not just in emails to the media, but to all the people around us. People are starting to be swayed by all these lies. This is damn serious and if we don't move to stop it it's going to spiral out of control.
It'll be more than 6 months before people are moving back in, imo. With the exceptions of the higher areas, (and depending on the wind direction).