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Quite often we kept saying, \"There's no way this can be repaired.\" How many homes will…

A severely damaged house with its foundation collapsed, brick piers crumbled, and siding torn away, marked with orange spray-painted search-and-rescue symbols; debris and rubble surround the structure.

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Metairie and New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina - 10.23.05

Quite often we kept saying, "There's no way this can be repaired." How many homes will be removed by bulldozers in the coming year or two?

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“Quite often we kept saying, \"There's no way this can be repaired.\" How many homes will…,” Hurricane Digital Memory Bank, accessed November 3, 2026, https://hurricanearchive.org/items/show/3459.