Comments on: Now Louisiana’s Pols Want $250 Billion in Katrina Aid http://www.bizzyblog.com/2005/09/23/now-louisianas-pols-want-250-billion-in-katrina-aid/ The Business End of the Blogosphere Wed, 07 Jan 2009 17:46:05 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 By: TBlumer http://www.bizzyblog.com/2005/09/23/now-louisianas-pols-want-250-billion-in-katrina-aid/#comment-1609 TBlumer Fri, 23 Sep 2005 18:42:00 +0000 http://www.bizzyblog.com/?p=549#comment-1609 Yeah, I am jumping the gun on the 1 million number, but I have a slight advantage. First I was down there just before the hurricane and the place I was at, though pretty low-lying wasn't flooded. Second, the person who registered impeachblanco.com which was covered in another post was in Lake Charles, which also wasn't hit. This gives me the impression that a pretty high percentage even of Greater NO (as opposed to the city itself) did not flood and did not suffer significant damage. Also, it seems that Baton Rouge, which is not that far away, escaped with relatively little damage of the type that would lead people to scream for 80K-250K in compensation. But...nothing beats getting stats, so I hope you find some. I'll keep an eye out too. Yeah, I am jumping the gun on the 1 million number, but I have a slight advantage. First I was down there just before the hurricane and the place I was at, though pretty low-lying wasn’t flooded. Second, the person who registered impeachblanco.com which was covered in another post was in Lake Charles, which also wasn’t hit.

This gives me the impression that a pretty high percentage even of Greater NO (as opposed to the city itself) did not flood and did not suffer significant damage.

Also, it seems that Baton Rouge, which is not that far away, escaped with relatively little damage of the type that would lead people to scream for 80K-250K in compensation.

But…nothing beats getting stats, so I hope you find some. I’ll keep an eye out too.

]]> By: Porkopolis http://www.bizzyblog.com/2005/09/23/now-louisianas-pols-want-250-billion-in-katrina-aid/#comment-1608 Porkopolis Fri, 23 Sep 2005 18:18:07 +0000 http://www.bizzyblog.com/?p=549#comment-1608 Tom: The initial calculations were very 'liberal' so that I could not be accused of undercounting. Even assuming a larger affected population, you still get a huge ($80K+) per person request. I strongly agree with your 1 million number but haven't been able to find any official government stats yet....still looking. Tom:

The initial calculations were very ‘liberal’ so that I could not be accused of undercounting. Even assuming a larger affected population, you still get a huge ($80K+) per person request.

I strongly agree with your 1 million number but haven’t been able to find any official government stats yet….still looking.

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