To be completely honest I have actually considered moving down there. I'm thinking the whole gulf coast is going to have a considerable resurgence over the next decade and those people that position themselves properly will be able to do great good, and to make a good deal of money. Sounds win win to me.
> -----Original Message----- > From: Jerry Johnson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, August 29, 2006 9:23 PM > To: CF-Community > Subject: Re: What today means to me > > > It's not household garbage removal, it is wholesale hauling, mostly > handled with big equipment. Picture big yellow machines and huge dump > trucks. And the outside companies don't want to come in without huge > guaranteed contracts, which I hope they never get. > > The National Guard actually has these capabilities, and is prepared > for this type of large debris removal. > > I'm not advocating standard rates, but the prices being suggested are > completely unacceptable (to me, to the people in charge, and to every > person in New Orleans I've talked to). > > The locals that are working on the job are doing a great job. I can > still picture one pile down there about a mile long , 40 feet high, > and about 80 feet wide. They had that pile taken down and removed two > days later when I drove back by it. > > You can rent a backhoe for about $680 a month, and get a permit to > start hauling. If you can partner with someone who owns a big truck, > you have a license to print money. I know 3 people down there who are > doing that now part-time (they have rules about how much you can work > per day, so many people still have regular jobs). > > There is also a lot of problems with hauling. If you don't have > permission of the owner, and can't find them to get it, you can't > touch the house unless it is condemned. Which has been fought > repeatedly in court, and is still a huge issue. They cannot even move > the abandoned cars due to laws and regulations without permission from > the owner. > > I am amazed at how much HAS been cleaned up (and am constantly amazed > every month as I get updates). > > The biggest problem I still see there is the lack of definitive > decisions about rebuilding. Where is it allowed, what will the > insurance be, and most importantly, what building codes will be used > where. > > People are ready to rebuild. Hell, even in the lower 9th, you can see > people fixing their houses by hand every day. But until they get some > decisions about the above issues, there is no incentive to rebuild, > yet. > > On 8/29/06, Cameron Childress <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I've got to say that if anyone expects to pay someone "standard rates" > > under circumstances this extraordinary, they deserve to have giant > > piles of garbage all around them. > > > > And anyone who thinks that the government is going to do anything > > efficiently or cheaper is delusional. The National Guard is not > > "free", it's not cheap, and it's not a garbage service. I would much > > rather private industry take care of this problem, even if it's a > > little more expensive than the garbage service here at my house. > > > > Or.... we can all pretend we are all government employees and sit > > around on our golden toilet seats arguing over the best way to flush > > tax money down our golden toilets. > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Introducing the Fusion Authority Quarterly Update. 80 pages of hard-hitting, up-to-date ColdFusion information by your peers, delivered to your door four times a year. http://www.fusionauthority.com/quarterly Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:214499 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
