Gfretwell, you raise a VERY good point. I expect there will be a lot of "quick & dirty" "semi-temporary" repairs made just to get things up and running again- to be "done right" over the next few years as things return to normal.
Even if everything is bulldozed to make way for new construction, I am sure that folks will live in, and companies will operate from, all sorts of temporary structures, from tents on up.
New Orleans needs to follow the examples set by Chicago, San Francisco, Florida, and every other place that has had a major disaster- knock it all down, and make new to NEW codes. If that means building only after the area is filled to well above sea level, so be it.
