for those who have returned to live in the city, the struggle to rebuild their lives has been monumental. houses have been abandoned in droves. i m always stunned it see high water marks still and roofs missing, and that must drive you crazy. it does. it is a very, very long process to rebuild a very intrick ate network and fabric of lives. building houses to replace the bliej is a mantra in new orleans, one of the people leading the charge is brad pitt. this place where we re standing right now, there were over 1500 deaths. that was unnecessary. it shouldn t have happened. i got angry. i got really angry. now on the flip side, i have a lot of friends who are drn-who are involved in architecture and know a lot about it. brad pitt s make it right foundation, is wulding 150 solar powered homes for low income residents in the hard-hit