From: geo2000@comcast.net
Wow!....ghost town still and probably for a long time, sad.
GOMAN
"Bonnie" wrote in message
news:43C58B1E.31EAD5F9@cox.net...
> Tourism; no conventions, Harrah's still closed, tours of the disaster
zones.
> Under 2000 businesses reopened. 21% percent of restaurants reopened with
> limited hours and limited menus. 10K hotel rooms open, not sure if that
> includes the rooms occupied by FEMA.
>
> French Quarter never flooded, but not everything is open. However the
midnight
> curfew was recently lifted there.
>
> Cruise ships, well we have a permanently docked one that houses police,
fireman
> and other essential personal that lost their homes.
>
> Geo wrote:
>
> > wow that just sucks,.........hows the tourism going, french quarter and
the
> > cruise ships that depart behind the convention center?
> >
> > GOMAN
> > "Bonnie" wrote in message
> > news:43C4145C.5E097BCE@cox.net...
> > > Hazmat suits and haul off your own fridge, or wait on FEMA.
> > >
> > > Of course here, with our weird since of humor, many fridges were
> > graffiti-ed
> > > for awhile then hauled off, and in the dead zone, they were even
dressed
> > up
> > > for Christmas.
> > >
> > > You would love some of the Tshirts now, lol.
> > >
> > > Today will be a happy hour at a noisy place, as all I have heard is
> > > helicopters all day long, which means more bodies, or they are
securing
> > (LOL)
> > > for Bush's 9th friggin visit Thursday...gee talk about wasting fuel!
Got
> > to
> > > find out where he will be so I can avoid it. Maybe I will clean
toilets
> > > Thursday. Better to clean it than listen to it.
> > >
> > > Geo wrote:
> > >
> > > > And in one really bad area; they are still finding bodies, so....
> > > >
> > > > I saw that..........just cant imagine a body rotten in the sun down
> > there
> > > > and
> > > > the smell alone has to be just ungodly.
> > > >
> > > > GOMAN
> > > >
> > > > "Bonnie" wrote in message
> > > > news:43C2DDDC.2B422752@cox.net...
> > > > > It doesnt stink near as bad as it did in September. (Its only 72
now
> > as
> > > > > I type)
> > > > >
> > > > > But on a warm day, depending where you are at, and what way the
wind
> > is
> > > > > blowing, yes there are odors.
> > > > >
> > > > > And in one really bad area; they are still finding bodies, so....
> > > > >
> > > > > I just want to see something 24/7 again; mainly a bar. It would
be
> > > > > cheaper than a shrink....lol
> > > > >
> > > > > Geo wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > > Not to be 'funny or smart' but does it completely stink down
there?
> > > > > > I just can't imagine the horror...
> > > > > >
> > > > > > GOMAN
> > > > > > "Bonnie" wrote in message
> > > > > > news:43C266E8.5F11467D@cox.net...
> > > > > > > Planet Dead Zone, formally known to the world as New Orleans
LA,
> > > > > > > USA
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > Geo wrote:
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > what planet would that be?
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > GOMAN
> > > > > > > > "Bonnie" wrote in message
> > > > > > > > news:43C1B846.5B205D81@cox.net...
> > > > > > > > > I can relate very well to wasted space, as I am on another
> > > > > > > > > planet now, and its really dead...lol.
> > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > Geo wrote:
> > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > 3 yrs ago........
> > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > this place was jumping........
> > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > Now its nothing more then wasted 'net' space.
> > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > RIP the memories.
> > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > Toodles,
> > > > > > > > > > GOMAN
> > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > >
> > > > >
> > >
>
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