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Algiers section of New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina.

FEMA contractors have been blue-tarping homes with damaged roofs. thing is, the way the feds do it is expensive to taxpayers, and blue tarps are not so durable after months go by. they shred or even simply blow off.

the subcontractor rules and costs of housing emergency workers make blue-tarping cost as much as reroofing usually costs in non-disaster scenarios. it's not clear how much money could be saved, looking at the sheer magnitude of this urgent task and the unavailability of local labor and services, but it's very costly, mired in pyramid-like bureacracy, and just not lasting.

this is the neighborhood of algiers, an area with widespread wind damage but no flooding, from the top of the earthen river levee. many residents are back, and we talked to a women going to a wedding reception at a home down the street.
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