[StBernard] Betsy

[Westley Annis]

A person who actually understands the plight of what was once our community!
I applaud you!
 
BP
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	NO THE PEOPLE FROM BETSY DID NOT WAIT.  THEY HAD NO INSURANCE TO
COVER THEIR
	LOSES AND HAD NO OTHER CHOICE, BUT TO REBUILD AND HOPE THAT IT WOULD
NEVER
	HAPPEN AGAIN, BUT IT DID
	
	UNLIKE MY PARENTS, I HAVE A CHOICE... I CHOOSE NOT TO REBUILD IN AN
AREA
	THAT I BELIEVE IS NOT SAFE FROM HURRICANES, CRIME AND AIR POLUTION
AND
	QUESTIONABLE GOVERNMENT PRACTICES.
	
	I HEAR QUITE OFTEN IN MY BUSINESS, WORKING WITH PEOPLE WHO ARE
REBUILDING,
	THAT NO PLACE IS SAFE .  I AGREE EVERY PLACE YOU LIVE HAS CERTAIN
RISKS FOR
	NATURAL PERILS, BUT
	
	ST. BERNARD HAS 2 STRIKES AGAINST IT.  SWIMMING OUT OF MY HOME AS A
10 YEAR
	OLD IN FOUR AND ONE HALF FEET OF WATER WAS SOMETHING , BUT PUTING
ALL MY
	TIME, EFFORT, MONEY AND REMAINING YEARS OF MY LIFE INTO  ST.
BERNARD, I
	BELIEVE IS EVEN WORSE.
	
	I BLAME NO ONE FOR MAKING  THE  DECESION TO GO BACK TO ST. BERNARD
OR TO
	FLEE.
	WE ALL HAVE TO DO WHAT WE FEEL IS BEST FOR US.  I MISS SOME ASPECTS
OF THE
	AREA IN WHICH I HAVE SPENT MOST OF MY LIFE, BUT I AM SURE WHEN A
STORM
	ENTERS THE GULF I WILL NOT MISS LIVING IN ST. BERNARD.
	
	I CONSIDER MYSELF AN ADULT.
	
	I HAVE NEVER EXPECTED ANYTHING FROM ANY ONE  FOR NOTHING.
	
	I  DO, HOWEVER, HAVE A PROBLEM PUTTING TIME, ENERGY AND MONEY INTO A
	PROPERTY I AM NOT SURE IS WORTH REBUILDING. I HAVE NO PLANS TO LIVE
IN OUR
	FORMER HOME ( A HOME WE WERE VERY HAPPY IN) .  THE NEIGHBORHOOD
SHOWS NO
	SIGNS OF REBUILDING AND MOST PEOPLE MY AGE ARE NOT GOING BACK.  SO
HOW CAN I
	MAKE A LIFE IN AN AREA WITH SO MANY
	UNCERTAINS???? IF YOU CAN MORE POWER TO YOU.   I CAN'T.
	
	SO YOU SEE THE FREE GUTTING OPTION WAS PERFECT FOR US...NO COST..
AND TIME
	T0 SEE HOW THE PARISH OFFICIALS WERE GOING TO "RESTRUCTURE THE
PARISH" SO WE
	COULD MAKE AN INFORMED DECISION ABOUT THE ECONOMIC FUTURE OF OUR
FORMER
	HOME.
	
	SO HERE WE ARE NOW AND NO RESTRUCTURE PLAN AND NO FREE GUTTING AND
STILL NO
	DECESION ABOUT THE ECONOMIC FUTURE OF OUR FORMER HOME.
	
	
	
	GJS