I agree; the city is slow to recover. There is data that states it can take a major city up to 10 years to fully recover from a major disaster such as Katrina.

I was in New Orleans last month, visiting with a college friend who was born and raised in the Ninth Ward, right over the bridge on Tennesee Street; she moved to Houston years ago. We were pleasantly surprised to see a few homes built or in the process of construction.

The bigger issue is that small area was home to people who lived, along with their families and other relatives on the same street, some within a few feet, or just around the corner. Katrina not only forced good people out of their tight knit community, the storm permanently scattered them away from each other. Katrina didn’t just change the look of the city, the family support system has been challenged too.