When I posted notice on MyDD about me coming down to New Orleans, several commenters raised the idea that while the focus of national post-Katrina attention has been on the Lower Ninth Ward, neighborhoods like Lakeview, Gentilly, New Orleans East, and Chalmette are also still quite devastated. On their recommendation, I hit the western part of New Orleans East yesterday and went through the other three today -- as well as the Lower Ninth, as I'd never been. Wow, just wow. More on that later. But I ended up with about 400 photos (I've borrowed my brother's Nikon D70s digital SLR for the week) and just finished selecting out a set of 82 for Flicker. I'll be posting a bunch of them in the coming days and sharing some thoughts and observations on New Orleans, but I'm a bit pooped. Here's just a taste of a few of my more random shots. First, a car that nature's made a planter, in the Lower Ninth:
And the view through that car's window:
Next up, also from the Lower Ninth, Mary. doing her best:
Now this was eerie. I stumbled upon the deserted Barbara C. Jordan School in New Orleans East, and investigated. It was completely washed out and it seemed like other than a bit of clear-out work, things were pretty much frozen as they were in August of 2005. In the school courtyard were piled the students' desks and chairs:
And finally:
This puppy found stuck in a windowsill in Chalmette says g'night.
(It seems like it's all-hurricane, all the time here. For example, the local television station I have on in the background is showing a program that covers every aspect of the storm, from the levees breaking to how to hire a licensed contractor to handle mold removal.)
And the view through that car's window:
Next up, also from the Lower Ninth, Mary. doing her best:
Now this was eerie. I stumbled upon the deserted Barbara C. Jordan School in New Orleans East, and investigated. It was completely washed out and it seemed like other than a bit of clear-out work, things were pretty much frozen as they were in August of 2005. In the school courtyard were piled the students' desks and chairs:
And finally:
This puppy found stuck in a windowsill in Chalmette says g'night.
(It seems like it's all-hurricane, all the time here. For example, the local television station I have on in the background is showing a program that covers every aspect of the storm, from the levees breaking to how to hire a licensed contractor to handle mold removal.)
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