[StBernard] Oak Ridge Park subdivision in Violet

[Westley Annis]

Donna
 
            Some of your neighbors are already back and rebuilding. Please
contact Emile next door about your pool. I believe he knows someone who
might be interested in taking the pool off your hands. Emile can be reached
@ (504) 874-9416. By the way this is the previous home owner, Jeff. Sorry to
hear about your disability. 
 
Jeff

 
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	I was just curious to see if there are any people who lived in this
	subdivision on this list. We lived on Oak Drive and have not been
able to 
	gut our house because I am disabled and my husband is running our
store on
	Magazine Street and taking care of me.
	
	I was wondering if anyone from Oak Ridge knew approximately how many
people
	are coming back? I know we are recommended for green space, but the
last 
	time we were out there it seemed like there were at least a few
people on
	Oak Drive who were rebuilding.
	We aren't sure what we are going to do just yet. I don't want to
waste
	someone's precious time and energy gutting our home if it is just
going to 
	have to be demolished anyway. I am also thinking of just going ahead
and
	demolishing it because I don't trust that the mold will ever truly
be
	eradicated from the studs and with my health issues, I really can't
risk 
	something like that if we do decide to rebuild...and if we sell it
to
	someone else, I don't want them to live in a possibly mold-infested
house.
	What are all of your opinions on the Gulf Outlet? This is one of our
major 
	concerns. If we rebuild and they do not close MRGO or if they do as
shoddy
	of a job on the levees as they did pre-Katrina, I don't want to go
through
	all of this again in 5 or 10 or 20 years. Am I alone in my concern? 
	I miss my house. I miss my neighborhood. I miss my neighbors, even
though we
	weren't there long enough to *really* get to know them (we moved in
October
	2004). I miss the feral kitty we used to feed under our carport. I
miss the 
	two beloved cats that were too old (15- and they were brother and
sister...I
	had them for 12 1/2 years) to survive the stress and trauma of
moving 5
	times from Aug 28 - March 16. I guess I just miss my life.
	Take care, all.
	-Donna
	Oak Ridge Park, Violet