Many people did not have flood insurance because they were in a no flood zone. You never know what nature will do. We lost so many personal possessions such as furniture, clothes, food, appliances, family video, pictures. All of the construction crews are very busy so we have no idea how long one must wait until one's house gets back to normal. The houses have to be gutted and re-built.
Temporary apartments are hard to find.
Harahan, River Ridge and Metairie got hit hard. I live in Harahan. My brother Karl lives in River Ridge and my brother David lives in Metairie, so you can see that it was a family affair. Our homes and cars were full of storm sewage water. The clean-up has been slow and a lot of work.