| Rebuilding New Orleans | Katrina Anniversary Aug 2006 |
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New Orleans and Gulfport, MS | Lower Ninth Ward March | Hands around the Superdome and other events | Gulfport, MS and Common Ground | Common Ground | Public Housing | Culture | Aftermath | People and Houses | Common Ground | Walkin to New Orleans Vets and survivors march |
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June, 2006: Sunflowers are planted to detoxify the soil and bring the grass back. |
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Workers bulldoze houses in the Lower Ninth Ward. Owners must give permission for their house to be torn down until August 29, a year after the hurricane. After that owners can save their house, only if significant work has been done to restore it. |
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A security guard stops residents for ID at a small FEMA trailer court on Lessepes St. in the Upper Ninth ward. |
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Furniture and appliances are put out for trash collection. Those who return are advised not to open the refrigerators as the rotting food gives off horrible odors. The roof of the house on the right sports a blue FEMA tarp. Most tarps will not hold up if New Orleans is hit by a strong storm. |
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Thousands of abandoned cars still fill the space under Interstate 10. Mayor Nagin has been unable to secure a contract for the city to get them removed. |
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Mardi Gras beads in the Lower Ninth. 300,000 Gulf Coast homes were destroyed by Hurricane Katrina. |
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Hurricane Katrina broke the levee at the Industrial Canal sending a 30 foot wall of water along witha barge into the Lower 9th Ward. |
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This house is 2 blocks from the levee. A 30 foot wall of water knocked down most of the houses. This house illustrates how it happened. |
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The levee at the Industrial Canal has now been repaired. The Claiborne Street bridge looms over the levee. |
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The levee and the Lower Ninth Ward as seen from the Claiborne St. Bridge. |
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Mitch Landrieu, the white candidate lost the Mayor's race to Ray Nagin in May. Read why it doesn't matter who won in New Orleans Network. |
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The Hyatt where Mayor Ray Nagin spent the Hurricane and aftermath on the 24th floor. |
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Workers repair the roof of the Superdome. The New Orleans football team, The Saints are due back in the fall to play in the stadium. The Superdome was hell for 30,000 people who were unable to leave the city and were forced to live in that shelter of last resort. Power failed and the roof was ripped open with Katrina's winds. Those inside were trapped with no food, water, electricity, or working bathrooms for up to 5 days. 134,000 people could not evacuate the city because they could not afford or get access to transportation. |
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Houses are tagged by those that inspected them. The SPCA found 2 dogs dead at this Lower 9th house. |
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The hole in the roof identifies the house as one where that the people broke through to get above flood waters. |
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There are no stores open in the Lower Ninth Ward. When residents do return there is nowhere to shop for necessities. Small business owners all over New Orleans are faced with the decision to reopen their business, not knowing if there will be enough business to keep it open. Insurance often doesn't cover much of the loss. |
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Blessed art thou amongst women. |
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A house in the Upper Ninth a message was left for FEMA. "Where is FEMA. RIP Charlie. FEMA don't want us home. They want to buy car. Why?" |
Important New Orleans Websites: http://commongroundrelief.org volunteers and donors, check out Common Ground http://neworleansnetwork.org news and a good calendar http://katrinaaction.org Katrina Information Network, emergency response network http://peopleshurricane.org People's Hurricane Relief Fund http://pisab.org People's Institute for Survival and Beyond http://neworelansvfp.org New Orleans Voices for Peace; Veterans Issues, Peace Activism and Hurricane Relief http://nolarises.com news and Information http://neworleans.indymedia.org Indymeida New Orleans http://nola.com The New Orleans Times Picyune online http://kidcameraproject.org Fantastic photos from kids in the neighborhood. http://wwoz.org Listen online to the great New Orleans jazz station. http://www.savebigeasy.org/ Project about Levees |
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New Orleans and Gulfport, MS | Lower Ninth Ward March | Hands around the Superdome and other events | Gulfport, MS and Common Ground | Common Ground | Public Housing | Culture | Aftermath | People and Houses | Common Ground | Walkin to New Orleans Vets and survivors march |
Copyright Diane Greene Lent 2006