I was also in N>O> after KATRINA. There was houses in the middle of the street that floated down from the dead end. Had the chance to go back this year for the mess further south, N>O> still has not rebounded. They have come a long way, but not as far as I thought they would. And for some strange reason, I'd go back again!
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