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Considering the abundance of poverty in Miami, when a Cat4-5 hurricane makes a direct hit on Miami, what will be in its future? Will the city rebuild in a hurry, or languish for years after, with a rising crime rate and pockets of desperation? This is no fantasy, it is comming, someday. Any ideas of how this will turn out?
Considering the abundance of poverty in Miami, when a Cat4-5 hurricane makes a direct hit on Miami, what will be in its future? Will the city rebuild in a hurry, or languish for years after, with a rising crime rate and pockets of desperation? This is no fantasy, it is comming, someday. Any ideas of how this will turn out?
It will be a building bonanza, they will start the next day. They love to build down here, it's what they do.
A big part of New Orleans' problem is their government - the city, parish and state government can't agree on many things, and delays ensue. The politics in Miami & FL are different than NO & LA, so I think Miami might fare a little better in a similar situation.
Hurricane Andrew scored a direct hit on Homestead, a southern suburb of Miami. Being as large as it was (storm and Miami), Miami might as well have been the target. And for the record, New Orleans was on the west side of the storm eye - it did not take a direct hit. Had NO been the landfall site, I doubt there would have been enough left to rebuild.
From what I've heard from the Katrina anniversary shows rebuilding is happening but it's the charities that are doing it. I also hear that the levees are NOT able to withstand another Cat 3 storm and the rebuliding in some areas is somewhat ridiculous because of that. What are your feelings on that?
Miami rebuilding I agree will not be slowed by the lack of leadership by the local govt. as in New Orleans.
Most of the impovershed areas of Miami are inland a little. Therefore, they shouldn't suffer the tremendous flood damage like what happened in the Ninth Ward of NOLA. Miami Beach, Fischer Island and Key Biscayne could be devastated by a direct hit, but those areas have a lot of money to rebuild. Downtown Miami as well. And while Nagin and Blanco completely dropped the ball first in protecting the city before the storm, and afterward during the rebuilding process, I don't have a lot of confidence in Miami and Florida's politicians in doing much better.
I have recently moved to East TN, so I shouldn't have to worry about the hurricanes anymore.
Keep in mind, too, that Miami isn't in a bowl surrounded by levees - so flooding will drain off much faster than it did in New Orleans. And while I didn't vote for him, our Gov has a lot more on the ball than LA's gov. I hope Miami never has to find out, but I think it would fare much better than NO after a direct hit. Of course, the Miami residents might be as dumb as NO residents were and not evacuate.
Considering the abundance of poverty in Miami, when a Cat4-5 hurricane makes a direct hit on Miami, what will be in its future? Will the city rebuild in a hurry, or languish for years after, with a rising crime rate and pockets of desperation? This is no fantasy, it is comming, someday. Any ideas of how this will turn out?
Very badly.
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