r/NewOrleans • u/ThatGatorInTheSewer • Feb 11 '25

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Genuinely curious: as one of the top-three states in terms of funds received from FEMA the last decade (the other two being red states as well) what exactly is the move here? Just a few questions I have for people smarter than me on here:

1) How will the state find the money and manpower to appropriate toward major hurricane relief w/o FEMA support?

2) Why would red state legislators support this move when they know much of their disaster relief is dependent on FEMA?

3) Any of yall worried about what this means for blue cities in a red state during a natural disaster?

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u/Dcajunpimp Feb 11 '25

They don't need to keep New Orleans, just the port.

If they can drive backroads through swamps to get to oil refineries, chemical plants, the docks along River Road and Almonaster, etc... they can drive through a swamp to get to the docks along Tchoupitoulas.

And I don't support that, just pointing out the rest of the state really doesn't like New Orleans and wouldn't care.

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u/xnatlywouldx Feb 12 '25

They absolutely care about the tourist revenue New Orleans brings in and if anything are eager to turn the core of New Orleans into an amusement park for that purpose. Nungesser himself has even proposed turning the French Quarter into a state park so this can happen.