[Jims5543]

Short and long term? Housing, I just heard on the local talk radio that contractors who are looking to get into the area to help (profit) from the cleanup cannot find a house to rent South of Birmingham.

I have no idea what this is going to do longterm. I can say Americans are quite rezilliant and will bounce back. We make do and do what we have to to get the job done. I would imagine the refineries are about 2 weeks from processing again.

I am sure the Army is looking into constructing floating bridges to get traffic in and out. I am disapointed in the corp for taking so long to stop the flooding but I am sure it is way more complcated that just plugging a gap. I am tapping my sand castle building experiance and I am sure it does not compare.
I just cannot help but wonder if they are overthinking it. But, what do I know.

There are probably 800K or more people looking for housing right now. I am willing to bet a lot of them want to stay in the panhandle area.
There are also a lot of businesses looking for a new building right now. (This was my dilema last year in Florida) they will be hard pressed to find anything.

Commercial rentals will skyrocket in price. (gouging?) it happened here in Florida, office space tripled in value overnight. Due to the huge demand for it. Hence the reason I purchased a house along a commercial corridor and run my business from it. It was cheaper then renting.