11/30/2005

Rebuilding New Orleans

Despite all the pain and suffering that Hurricane Katrina caused, there is hope that something good will come of the disaster. Natural disasters occur no matter what we do to prevent them, it is how we respond to them that determines the overall effects of them. Hurricane Katrina demolished houses and a city for that matter, but it also created numerous jobs. In efforts to rebuild the city, numerous immigrants, both legal and illegal have flocked to New Orleans to work. Despite the fact that some of the workers are illegal they are adding to the workforce. The work needs to be done and these are the people that are taking advantage of the situation. The work is not the most desirable of all jobs, but for those working it is of greater financial benefit than some of the other jobs that they have had to do. It is nice to see something good come of such a tragedy.

2 comments:

pramahaphil said...

My only question is is it worth it to rebuild a city on land that is so vulnerable to catastrophic disasters? It is nice that it is creating some job opportunities, but in the long run I'm not sure that N.O. should be rebuilt.

I wonder are terrorist taking notes? Even a rebuilt N.O. sure sounds like a prime target.

Dr. Tufte said...

-1 on Maddy's comment for spelling errors.

-1 on Savannah's comment for gramamtical errors.

Nate has fallen for Bastiat's broken window fallacy (Tim Lewis calls this the forgotten man problem).

Katrina hasn't "created" any jobs. Anyone who thinks something like this is simply not looking for the jobs people were doing before Katrina. They are noticing the obvious, and not paying enough attention to the unobvious.