[Rhodes22-list] This Is Not A Waste Of Your Time

[Bill Effros]

Thanks, Brad,

We took the same drive 4 months later.  The flood damage is 
heartbreaking, and comprises 95% of the total damage.  In other wards 
the houses are still standing, but they are rotting from the inside 
out.  The lower 9th ward is not physically lower than most of the rest 
of New Orleans.  We followed the water as it swept toward the 
Mississippi.  Homes that had 4 feet of standing water for 3 months were 
just as ruined as homes with 10 feet of standing water.  Many of the 
homes were 3 feet off the ground, but that just wasn't enough in many 
places.

The home of a friend was 7 feet above the ground and they got only 6 
feet of water.  No damage.  2 blocks away they had 8 feet of water and 
no way to get rid of it.  People's entire histories wound up in 
dumpsters.  They were still carting it away when we got there.

3 pictures follow from the white Lakeview section:

Eat at Joe's

Slight Water Damage

Sad Boat Picture

Bill Effros



Brad Haslett wrote:
> Here's some good video of NOLA.  We're not involved there and have no 
> plans
> to be.  The Mississippi Gulf Coast was where Katrina hit but that gets
> overshadowed by NOLA.  Our heart and our sweat is invested in 
> Mississippi.
> Bill E is close to New Orleans and could give you a better 
> perspective. This
> video is worth watching.  Every image you see is duplicated on the coast.
>
> Brad
>
> http://www.novacvideo.org/
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