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So...... This summer I went down to New Orleans and was shocked by the condition of houses that people were living in. I saw people living in houses without walls, electricity (you should've seen the loose wires hanging around), no AC, not what you're used to here in Virginia. Imagine that in the middle of summer in New Orleans where the humidity is almost always in the 80s because it's below sea level. But that's not what really upset me. As startling as it was to see fellow American citizens would had been living in such poor conditions for the past two years it was the lack of security in the neighborhoods that upset me the most. Our team pulled up at the site the first day to put up drywall for a lady who had four generations of her family living in the house with her only to find that the screws she had bought to screw in the drywall had been stolen. I guess I'm really making two points... One, this hurricane was two years ago, you would think we would have been able to get the city back up and running again. I understand it's a lot of work; but it was more than a year before they put the roof back on top a taco bell and opened the Mcdonald's. I mean I'm guessing cheap (but quality) food, is probably good for people who don't have a lot of money and can't cook because they don't have clean water. Second, it's just pathetic to see the security down there. I mean there really isn't any, so what's to stop some random creep from walking in and taking your stuff. I mean although the city as a whole is improving, there are still areas that haven't even been touched since the hurricane. _____________________________________________ ryan: thats insane- i had NO IDEA that they were still in that horrible of a condition. how successful was your trip? do you think that more trips like that would benefit N.O.? do you think thats strictly the governments fault?

I feel like the government makes one master plan and then implements it for say a year but then moves onto the next big thing. i mean we all know how poorly the hurricane itself was handled. did we really expect any change in the recovery tactics? that blows my mind.