[LittleOldLady]

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sounds like a bum deal all around and you get the short end of the stick. realisically you dont want to go back there even if you have roots there for many years to come. the contaninents arent worth messing with. work hard to get as much as you can and move on to better things. sometimes thats all we have the option for. when this stuff happens our eyes are awakend to how little our govt. helps us when we need it. but that is suspected anyway before hand. my heart is out to you and now its time to rebuild your life someplace else until its safe to go back
good luck.

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I am trying to rebuild my life here in Vegas--not easy to do at my age when the only people I know here are my son and his wife. I am essentially stuck without transportation. I can't get a new car without the insurance for the old car, and I can't get that until I can get a duplicate title from the Louisiana DMV, the original title being in the not-so-safe safe deposit box along with will, birth and death certificates, divorce papers, deed to house etc.--all of which are now useless pulp. Louisiana had an estimated 350,000 dead cars, most of which will need duplicate titles in order to be legally taken off the books. This flood has ramifications far beyond what'normal' disasters have. Every time you turn around, some perfectly commonplace thing has become a major project. You do and you do, and nothing gets done or even partially done. What a frustration!

That said, Ray, if you visit Vegas, let me know. I could use some conversation with an interesting person. Same goes for any other more or less middleaged 2+2er visiting Sin City. I'd love to see some new faces. I promise to skip the whining....