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Trip to New Orleans |
Scenes of the nearby devastation |
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These photos can't convey the magnitude
unless you imagine yourself surrounded by another set of photos just
like it, on all sides, in every direction, and no end in sight.
Here are the front steps of someone's
house, which might or might not be the house you can see in the
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We had driven past miles of empty
suburbs on the way into town, through New Orleans East on I-10.
It was disturbing enough to see these empty houses, each with its
waterline showing flooding 6 feet and higher.
We all felt funny about wanting to
witness more, but on our last day we did follow our host on a tour
through the neighborhoods about 20 blocks from where we were working,
just where the levee broke over one of the poorest sections of the
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Cars like this are everywhere in this
neighborhood, even six months after the storm. |
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This is the house of the woman who
returned and waited day after day. She wanted to be sure to be
there when the city equipment came to lift off the roof before
demolition so she could retrieve whatever small memento might still be
salvageable. We were all amazed by her smile and positive
outlook. |
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Everywhere, jumbles of debris. |
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This looks like an open field but used
to be a dense group of houses. The grass has grown up in six
months, but that's about all that has happened here; all around are
blocks and blocks just like this one. |
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Links to follow |
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Our
story in the words of the kids
The playground before and after
Cleaning up the playground
End of the first day
Working on the "Bronco"
The last day
Scenes of the nearby devastation
How you can help!
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