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Time's cover story this week tells the story of just how bad things are in
New Orleans. The city is down to a population of only 60,000 people
and the horror stories continue.
Rob
They're still finding bodies down here 13 weeks after Hurricane Katrina
hit—30 in the past month—raising the death toll to 1,053 in Louisiana. The
looters are still working too, brazenly taking their haul in daylight. But at
night darkness falls, and it's quiet. "It's spooky out there. There's no life,"
says cardiologist Pat Breaux, who lives near Pontchartrain with only a handful
of neighbors. The destruction, says Breaux, head of the Orleans Parish Medical
Society, depresses people. Suicides are up citywide, he says, although no one
has a handle on the exact number. Murders, on the other hand, have dropped to
almost none.
Mayor Ray Nagin opened up most of the city to returning evacuees last week, but only an estimated 60,000 people are spending the night in New Orleans these days, compared with about half a million before Katrina. Apply for Commercial Real Estate loans online and submit your deal to dozens of hungry lenders in just minutes. Loan programs for all types of business and commercial real estate. Apply anytime at http://realestatezoo.com BiFem :) a bifem.net publication -------------------------------- Post message: [email protected] Subscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] List owner: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web Site: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/BiFem Chatoom: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/BiFem/chat Visit BiFemLounge our 24 hour chatroom at http://bifem.net Get a New Orleans Free Email account at http://bifem.net YAHOO! GROUPS LINKS
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