What do you think the federal gov't should pay for?
I don't know. I am sort of shell shocked by what needs to be done here. My opinion is that the tourist district will take care of itself, uptown will, the port will.
I think that someone, somewhere has to get a number and a list of what has to be done. My guess is the water problem will be astronomical,,the levees, canals, pumps, etc.
I don't know if there will be a rebuilding if people sit back and think and plan and estimate the costs.
I guess the state would need help with infrastructure that was destroyed,,water control, port, roads, highways, and clean up. The clean up is going to be unbelievable,,just bulldozing the ninth ward blows me away. How does one do that,,where do you take the garbage? And down in Chalmette,,it is a dump now what with oil spills, etc. It is irretrievable,,who can clean that up when the parish is bankrupt.
The tax base is gone and will be a long time coming back.
It is beyond me. But it seems to me that some planning, some sense of how and what is to be done ought to be done before building starts.
I am not an engineer or a city planner so I don't know.