Katrina Komplaints

I'm kind of bugged that the mayor of New Orleans is whining that they can't get the government to fix everything for them. It's been a year, and it's not all fixed yet? Other places and states that were hit equally hard have been doing the cleanup and rebuilding on their own.

According to CBS 60 Minutes, "Nagin had criticized efforts to redevelop the World Trade Center site following the Sept. 11 attacks when confronted about delays in rebuilding his city after Hurricane Katrina.
During a "60 minutes" interview, a CBS correspondent pointed out flood-damaged cars still on the streets of New Orleans' devastated Ninth Ward. Nagin replied, "You guys in New York can't get a hole in the ground fixed, and it's five years later. So let's be fair," according to CBS."

I wonder how long it took to initially build all of the storm ravaged area? It certainly would have taken longer than it will take to rebuild. It doesn't make sense to me that they are whining about trash and abandoned cars there. New York City removed all the wreckage from the WTC in short order.
It's going to take time, and I think they should have moved the entire city to higher ground.