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Don't ask. I have no idea. But go check out the Fridges of Katrina. Don't forget to buy the t-shirt.

(Thanks, Julie)

UPDATE: More on New Orleans fridges from 10/23 Chicago Tribune.

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Some mindbogglers from the article:

- There are an estimated 300,000 refrigerators in the streets of New Orleans. No word on how many have been marked for delivery to the White House.
- Army Corps of Engineers figures it'll take over a year to clear them all. Why? First, someone's gotta pick them up, take them to a consolidation point. Next, the people with the worst job in the world have to open them and remove the rotten contents inside. Then, the EPA removes the freon and mercury. Finally, the hulks are scrapped and the re-usable bits are shipped off to be melted down and made into something new.
- This doesn't include all the other appliances that have been destroyed and abandoned in the region.
- 3,000 fridges are processed per day, but the Army Corps of Engineers wants to signficantly up this pace, obviously.
- Only about 25% of the city has returned, meaning there's a lot more fridges, etc. to be scrapped.