This woman threw me my first Mardi Gras beads... love the 49'er sweatshirt!
And, of course, we heard some jazz:
Meanwhile, little has been done in terms of reconstruction. Debris piles of destroyed homes are where they landed during the hurricane, and many neighborhoods are still decimated. With hurricane season less than 100 days away, I have to wonder if they're waiting to see what happens this year before rebuilding. As in Mississippi, everyone you meet (waitstaff, taxi drivers, retail owners, the people at the laundromat) has an incredible story of fear, perserverance and survival. Much of New Orleans looks like this.
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Many areas are uninhabited and uninhabitable. We took a tour of the 9th Ward yesterday where little, outiside of the draining of all the flood water, has changed since September. In terms of progress for this six-month anniversary, I would say we have a very very long way to go. I will be posting photos of that area tomorrow.
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Pretty grim....hey, maybe we can sell New Orleans to the Dubai Ports Authority? THAT might get some reconstruction going...??
Wish I was there--love that jazz!
Hey friend, heading back to Pearlington myself next week. Gonna do some volunteering and take some pictures. Make chase some piggies.... how do you get to 10??? what do you mean you can't get there from here???
love ya
Mardi Gras has put Norlawns back on the map--the national news seems to be picking up the parades and parties and the countdown to Hurricane Season. So party hard, work hard and promise all of us that you'll e-v-a-c-u-a-t-e when the next Stage 5 comes rolling in, okay?
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