katrina aftermath

[colfax]

How long untill things get back to normal? I wish I had visited New Orleans before it hit but now I don't know if I would go.Any first hand advice?

[ftuley]

More than two years on some devastated New Orleanians were sure the city was gone for good.
Now, however, visitors who stick to tourist areas might not encounter any evidence of Katrina at all.
Only wide swaths of the city remain devastated, New Orleans has made an amazing comeback the culture and nightlife that make it one of America's most vital communities is still as magnificent as ever.
New Orleans has safely and successfully hosted more than one million visitors for ESSENCE Music Festival, Mardi Gras in 2007. The citizens are doing what has to be done, they are fighting together to get back the city of New Orleans and it is undoubtedly all coming back.
Bourbon Street New Orleans and the French Quarter New Orleans are open for business and drawing crowds again, only outlying areas are still struggling to survive.
In short, if you're a New Orleans veteran, you'll find many of your old haunts up and running.
If you're a first-timer who's been kicking yourself for never making the scene before the disaster of Hurricane Katrina a few years ago, you can go now for a pretty good idea of what all the fun was about. It's much closer to normal now.
There is still loads to see and do when visiting New Orleans.
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