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dguidry
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Joined: Tue Jun 29, 2010 1:20 pm
Posts: 11166
Location: Cecilia, LA
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 Hurricane Katrina and Miss Gulf Coast. Took a trip to Biloxi, Miss this weekend. Road the coastal road from there all the way to Pass Christian and Waveland on my way back home. It's been 7 years since the Hurricane. I road the coast about a month after Katrina and the area was totally destroyed. Well, it's still that way. I was shocked at how little rebuilding has occurred. Most beach front lots are for sale. And there's almost no new residential construction from the beach road to several blocks inland. The only real new construction is in the Casino industry. That place is going crazy over gambling. My wife survived Hurricane Camille in 1969 in Gulfport in a house 2 blocks from the beach. She said it looks like Katrina was much worse because the storm surge was much greater. Her family would not have survived Katrina in the same house.
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cmiller73
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Joined: Tue Jan 12, 2010 12:42 pm
Posts: 2161
Location: Houma,LA
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Re: Hurricane Katrina and Miss Gulf Coast. You can thank the insurance industry for running businesses and residents out of there. The insurance rates to build along the coast are so high, no one could afford to go back.
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dguidry
MMT Super Elite Member
Joined: Tue Jun 29, 2010 1:20 pm
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Location: Cecilia, LA
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Re: Hurricane Katrina and Miss Gulf Coast. The little bit of new construction I noticed was elevated on pilings at least 25 feet high!!!
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“Wisdom is not just expertise. It is knowing how much of various areas of expertise you need to know in order to make the decisions that the world needs and that you want to do,” Columbia University President Lee Bollinger.
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tinman454
MMT Addict
Joined: Mon Feb 07, 2011 10:47 am
Posts: 732
Location: Ontario ,Canada, eh!
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Re: Hurricane Katrina and Miss Gulf Coast. I went back to Canada that way and though the same way. Can't blame anyone who wants a place that gets swamped every few years. One of my best days was spent getting hammered and driving golf balls in to the Gulf of Mexico all day long  they have some really nice beaches there.
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da go get'er
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Joined: Wed Oct 27, 2010 8:30 am
Posts: 3406
Location: Prairieville
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Re: Hurricane Katrina and Miss Gulf Coast. I met a few people from there this past weekend and said that there is no work in that area so everyone is moving out. Can't afford to rebuild if there is no income. At least that's their story.
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CootSlayerRMFT
MMT Elite Member
Joined: Thu Feb 02, 2012 12:53 am
Posts: 7565
Location: Prairieville, LA
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Re: Hurricane Katrina and Miss Gulf Coast. The HNIC hasn't done much to help either...
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eljefe
MMT Elite Member
Joined: Thu Jan 13, 2011 7:32 am
Posts: 5210
Location: Beaumont Texas
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Re: Hurricane Katrina and Miss Gulf Coast. they made new codes that most people couldnt afford from what insurance paid out....it was the same here in setx all the way to galveston.....those that had increased the value of their home over the years and paid the higher insurance came away pretty good. they still had to meet code to rebuild though.....most people had not been increasing the value of the home and contents so payout was not nearly enough to cover a rebuild.......my dad had a cabin he bought back in the late 60's for like 10 grand and had paid insurance on that value until he sold it in 98...had this happend before he sold it, he would have gotten 10 grand to rebuild......keep up with your insurance and continue to adjust the value because insurance will only pay up to the declared value.
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brasso
MMT Elite Member
Joined: Fri Oct 07, 2011 12:58 am
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Re: Hurricane Katrina and Miss Gulf Coast. We met a guy who owned the beach that this hotel we stayed at was on. It had a mall in it, casino, a few restraunts, all sorts of shit. Its all gone now
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OlSchool
MMT Pro Member
Joined: Sun Jan 06, 2013 4:24 pm
Posts: 384
Location: Louisiana
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Re: Hurricane Katrina and Miss Gulf Coast. Yea and I and tired of hearing about the Super Storm Sandy in New York. ...Really....a Cat 1....
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nasty
MMT 1000 Club
Joined: Thu Oct 04, 2012 7:36 am
Posts: 1290
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Re: Hurricane Katrina and Miss Gulf Coast. ^ I second that shit.
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