Comments on: Rebuilding after Katrina

By: joanna

joanna — Sun, 04 Sep 2005 14:05:31 +0000

Kimberley, what a generous gesture you’re making. I’ve never heard of Architecture for Humanity–will look it up ASAP. Here’s my question, though: is there such a thing as Engineers for Humanity, too? My big fear is that NO and the surrounding cities will be rebuilt without attention to the physical realities of the land and the weather. I don’t mean to discount your efforts at all. I’m just curious because I know so little about all of this.

By: mercuryfern

mercuryfern — Fri, 02 Sep 2005 18:31:41 +0000

My new fears revolve around the idea that the rebuilding might make the city worse than it ever was before. In Ohio we get a fair number of tornados wreaking havoc through our tiny towns. I lived near Xenia, which is devastated like clockwork every ten years. The wind will pull out a nice grid of 1920’s bungalows, and what gets put in it’s place is a sprawling community killing carfest. The town gets enough disaster money to rebuild, but they do so in a way that makes the town less and less inhabitable every time. I hope New Orleans doesn’t become a highway dominated stripmall like so much of the southeast.

By: Claire

Claire — Thu, 01 Sep 2005 21:29:58 +0000

What a great gesture from you, we did a collection at work and it’s being sent over via moneygram tomorrow. I think to the Red Cross, but if everyone everywhere can spare a bit it’ll really help those in need.