489,000 Katrina damage claims have been filed against the Corps of Engineers.  246 of these are for over $1 billion, including a city of New Orleans claim for $77 billion. One additional claim by a Baker man swamps the rest as it is for $3 quadrillion, a number that might be slightly over the top.

The map gives you an idea where some of these claims are coming from.


Just for grins: The world GDP is just under 33 trillion per year. It would take nearly a hundred years of the entire world's production to settle that one claim.