Im curious also. I havent heard a peep on the news, (which doesnt mean their havent been any) from Mississipi. Most just from New Orleans. I have read several pieces where people have moved there for opportunity in rebuilding. We sent them an awful lot of money, why havent they been able to rebuild the area??
You are right there was an awful lot of money sent for aid.
I was overseas when Katrina hit and all I knew was a hurricane hit. I had no idea the amount of damage that was done. I flew into Gulfport about five months after the storm. I visited the coast one year ago and again last week.
I am guessing the question is why have they not finished rebuilding the area. I am not sure what the real answer is but my guess is that it is two part. First they were worse off than if they had nothing. The amount of debris that had to be removed before they had nothing is very hard to explain. Pictures do not do the damage any justice at all. By the time I had first seen the area again they had already been working for five months and the amount of destruction was still very great. There was damage 75 miles inland. The Federal and State Government type things look to be finished or close to finished. The port and the highway 110 bridge. There were still no marinas and this would be fairly simple to rebuild so I am not sure if no one wants to rebuild them or if there is no insurance available or what.(There has been a big stink in MS about insurance since Katrina) So I think the second part of the reason is a lack of desire to rebuild some things. There are still lots with debris and still vacant lots. No one is working on some of these lots and I have no idea what the reason was. One guy had a very expensive motor home on one. The casinos were all open. The beach was close to being rebuilt.
None of the mom and pop type beach stores were rebuilt. Where I had remembered one it was replaced with a beach front waffle house. No joke I almost took a picture it was so unbelievable.
The improvement on the Mississippi gulf coast has been steady. I am not sure why some places were rebuilt faster than others but I suspect there are a number of reasons.
As far as why more is not on the news about the Mississippi coast I think that even though the damage was severe on the coast it affected more people in a smaller area in New Orleans.
Haz man,
I would never think to go around asking people if they thought that charities gave them enough money. To me that would seem out of line and a little rude and a little to forward. I will say people seemed grateful for the help they received. I have friends that live in the area and I could not imagine even asking them something like that. It may be that we are from such different parts of the country but it would seem to me that if I were in that situation and someone asked me if I had gotten enough Charity I would be grateful and say yes and thank you no matter what amount it was.