>No one is talking right now about the tremendous opportunity this disaster presents because of all the carnage, but once everything dries out and the water receeds, there's going to be a huge demand for construction. The economy will come back roaring in the area. Half of Mexico will be in New Orleans helping put it back together! I guess it's like the acorn dropping to the ground, being interred, then turning into a giant oak tree. It's a bitter pill to swallow, but New Orleans will spring back to life soon!

In fact, New Orleans will likely come back better than it was. We always think of New Orleans as this sort of exotic, mystical, fun place, but New Orleans has also been home to some of the most ramshackle, poverty stricken areas in the country. That's pretty much all gone now. We'll see what sort of Phoenix (the creature, not the city) rises from the ashes.