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I am not doubting the extent of the damage by any means, but imo, the saddest part of the entire situation down there, is the fact that nobody ever notices the amount of improvements that are showing up. Sure, there's shrimp boats in the middle of neighborhoods and a lot of wrecked homes, I was in N.O. 3 days after the hurricane was out, I saw it all first hand, I've got plenty of pictures. But I also saw 30+ eletrical trucks driving down neighborhood streets, I saw 6 and 8 blackhawk choppers hovering over the city, pulling out stranded people, I saw generators up and running providing basic electricity to large portions of the city, I saw smaller communities have electricity and plumbing within a week, I saw police officers from western states, construction crews from Washington and Oregon, electric crews from New Jersey... Major interstates were cleared of debris within just a few days. There are so many g00d things going on, it's really sad to me that all the bad always overwhelms those accomplishments. My heart goes out to all the people down there who lost so much, but I'd love to see more positive things being noticed t00...

btw, I was driving through Atlanta Monday morning (early am) and am continually amazed and the large amounts of traffic on 285, even at the ungodly hours... I hate driving through there during Rush hour :P