This is Uptown New Orleans in a nutshell. A house doing O.K. next to a house doing great next to a house with a FEMA trailer. Some were prepared while others weren’t. originally posted / written 21 Dec 2008
Posts Tagged Katrina & flood
Trespassing is Trespassing. This was uptown, near the upstream end of the Garden District. Originally published Dec2008
It was just enough water to get in and screw everything up. If I were these shrubs, I would take this very personally. The Live Oaks did just fine, but massive Magnolias, Crepe Myrtles by the score and anything submerged[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Down South, what we in Ohio call Laundromats are called Washaterias. Not concerned with anyone’s dignity, Katrina has turned this one into scatological humor. Or maybe the title to one of those weird Hentai movies. Any way you look at[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
You may have seen pictures of the post-Katrina “Refrigerator Graveyard” or “Appliance Graveyard”. Most of these appliances had messages painted on them. Like the “warning, we will shoot” messages on some of the houses, it got lots of press. I’ve[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Memorials for lost or missing persons persisted for some months after the 2005 storms. This was Uptown on the upstream, riverside corner of Jackson at Magazine.
Not all was gloom and doom after the storm. I bet MC Hammer could’ve used a few bucks for use of this. Originally published Jan2009
Before re-opening after Katrina, all food service-type places had to be given certification by the Department of Health & Hospitals. This one was given to Le Crepe Nanou, which is my favorite restaurant anywhere. It’s just a modest neighborhood crepe[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…