A resident of New Orleans kept a photo diary of his experience of Hurricane Katrina. These are photos of stuff you won’t see anywhere. Look for the photos of St. Louis Cathedral, especially the statue of Jesus that was “miraculously” spared from the 100+ year-old oaks that fell all around it.
Also pay attention to what he says about the various TV media he encountered.
I thought I was all cried out until I saw those photos. UAHdad & I used to live in NOLA. We left just days after the big flood (May 3, 1978.) Now we will never go back.
It was a shock to realize that the photographer didn’t know at first that he was out in the eye of the storm. Seeing the difference in the extent of damage from the front half to the back half was amazing.
The comments about reporters were not surprising. I’ve caught myself yelling at the tv a few times in the last week because of the dumb mistakes people on both MSNBC and FOX have made.
Very very fine photo documentary—better than the ones on the “pro” websites. The explanations accompanying the photos also tell of the “delayed reaction” that everyone experienced after the storm. It took about 2 days, apparently, for everyone to realize what was going to happen. Scary. Also, I appreciated his honesty about the looting, the convention center situation and all. Fascinating.
I’ve never been to the French Quarter, but all the “romance” that people claim about it must be due to an alcoholic haze. Before and after, it just looks decrepit and dirty.
How a city settled by Catholics could have become a sin city amazes me. The results of a culture of pleasure-seeking are also plain to see. UGH.
Fascinating, and honest to boot. If everyone’s mailing it out like I am, and CNN picked it up, methinks Kodak is going to have to a bandwidth concern.
McC, a city settled by anyone can become a city saturated with sin. Sad, but true.
It’s probably true that the culture is well, but the progenitor of the culture (which is the Church) has not been well in a long time in New Orleans.
And finally, everywhere, everywhere, there are plenty of non-Christians. Some of them pretend a lot, some of them don’t talk about religion, some of them focus on other things. Some of them even call themselves Catholics, some of them are into the culture, even the catholic-looking parts of it. But when the chips are down, one sees what they are.
Looks like it got taken down. Is there a mirror anywhere?
I can’t find it either