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I know you know the saying, "Rome wasn't built in a day." 80% of the city flooded. 80%. That has to be rebuilt. By individuals who have to fight with insurance and contractors and some having done this while in exile in a different city. And not to mention all of the other infrastructure that needs some honest review. Give us a break, please. Sarah, I hope that you don't honestly (or anymore) compare the rebuilding of New York after 9/11 to the rebuilding of New Orleans after Katrina. One because 9/11 didn't destroy 80% of the city and two because the rest of the country did not even consider abandoning New York, the way New Orleans was often abandoned after Katrina. I enjoyed reading your perspective. I think you truly did get an honest view of my city. When you venture out of the confines of tourist tunnel vision, New Orleans really does become real. I too loved Chris Rose's columns after Katrina. He was a total dork before Katrina and he was transformed for all of us, and like all of us, and in many ways was speaking for all of us afterwards. I can't bring myself to watch Trouble the Water. Not just yet. I still get tight chested and overwhelmed by it all and I don't always want to trigger my memories. But anyone who has gone through a tragedy has to understand that.
