26,000 Homes in St. Bernard Parish to be demolished

[justiceischeap]

Due to mold and other icky stuff. Just on CNN.

[atreides1]

1. 26,000? Damn that's a lot of homes!!!!

In the case of mold it takes a little time for it to get to a level where it becomes a hazard to your health. It would seem that the mold was already in place, and the other icky stuff just added to the
problem.

[justiceischeap]

4. I was reading a doctor's blog that was posted here

And he was working down there until today and he said he treated lots of chemical burns on feet.

I think someone hit the nail on the head earlier today, NO is going to become a superfund site.

[qanda]

2. That's where a lot of the dead were supposed to be located

Then they said that they found very few dead there. Hmmmm... :tinfoilhat:

[liberal N proud]

6. Bulldoze the house without checking for bodies

They will just bury them with the rubble and no one will really know but the survivors who never knew what happened to their loved ones left behind. Or worse those who had no one on the outside, who would ever know?

[pitohui]

3. due to not being one stick on another stick

& other stuff like murphy oil, which just invested quite a bit of $$$ to upgrade some systems, being hard hit & leaking oil all over the place

mold & mildew are the least of the problems, homes are not being bulldozed for lack of a will to use some chlorine

it's unbelievable, my friends were in a boat 7 hrs in the water in their 2nd story home, they stayed to save their animals of which every one was drowned in the end

and they're healthy & middle aged

a lot of other folks, older, no boat or not able to take that amt of sun exposure, are dead now

the devastation in st. bernard is beyond belief

almost every residence in the parish is already gone or must be demolished because of the devastation

my heart is breaking

[justiceischeap]

5. There are very few places in the US I've wanted to visit

but NO was certainly on the short list. I fear I'll never get the opportunity now. It's obviously never going to be the same.

[enigami]

15. You can only go to the Future New Disney New Orleans Now n/t

[1932]

7. They better give the residents a chance to go back and have a chance to

look through their houses before they demolish their houses.

[justiceischeap]

9. They say they will allow that but if the risk is so bad

Would you want to take anything out? I can't imagine it would be safe.

[1932]

10. I would at least want a chance to look at my house one last time.

I've walked through much less safe environments for much lower psychic rewards in the past.

I'd like to at least be able to make an informed decision about whether I can pick through the detritus of my life.

[justiceischeap]

11. I suppose but it's still a frightening thought (the toxicity that is). n/t

[1932]

12. Then don't tear down people's houses until it's safe for them to return.

If it's so toxic that you'd be waiting for a long time, what does it matter? What would be the rush to tear down the houses? You couldn't build until the area was no longer toxic.

And if you're tearing down houses, you'd be exposing the workers to toxic waste, right?

So, when it's safe enough for the workers, it'd be safe enough for the former residents. I think it'd be OK to wait a reasonable time after it's safe so that residents can look at their stuff one last time.

[justiceischeap]

13. Oh I agree but the reports of NO becoming a Super Fund site

Scares the begeezuz out of me.

[enigami]

17. I have worked on many Superfund sites. This must be done

To provide for the Massive public funding of the cleanup, and .....er the later development by multi-billion dollar corporations.

[leftchick]

8. along with the animals still running around??

:cry:

[enigami]

14. I am an environmental Lab representative

One of my clients ordered a whole bunch of mold sample equipment today, going to New Orleans.

I can tell from here mold is rampant in New Orleans. Guess you have to make it official.

[DoYouEverWonder]

16. Some plant had a big benzine leak

and turned St. Bernard Parish into Love Canal.

Nasty stuff benzine, but they used to use it all the time in industry and dry cleaning.