The massive, multi state reconstruction efforts will require a massive workforce.
Where will all the licensed journeymen, and skilled tradesmen be found? How are these states in the disaster zones going to handle the logistics of housing tens or hundreds of thousands of new arrivals looking for work when their local populations don't have a roof over their heads?
Now that Trump and his hordes of Mexican hating, anti-immigrant followers and Republican politicos are rounding up undocumented workers and eager to get their wall up, where will all the construction companies find enough common laborers? Can local communities hire enough workers and get the equipment needed for debris removal and cleanup to get roads open and public utilities restored so the building trades can get in to work in a timely manner?
Will states be checking and certifying contractors to protect homeowners from grifters and con men? Will states be monitoring the insurance companies to make sure they are paying out claims and not shorting homeowners? Are the states going to set aside petty politics and pass stricter building codes that finally recognize that global warming means higher sea levels and bigger storms in the future?
This is going to be a long term recovery that will take years and the old ways are no longer good enough.
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