The Valleys Of New Orleans
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I haven't updated my blog in such a long time I've started receiving death threats. Relax, people! Go do something productive with your lives. It's just that I've been busy, traveling like crazy, and I don't like to update this page unless I have the time to do it right. More updates are coming soon. Promise. In the meantime...
A few days ago I was in New Orleans, one of the four cities I have called home at some point in my life. It's the first time I'd been down there since Katrina hit, and I was anxious to see how the city was holding up. In the French Quarter, where we stayed, things almost felt normal. Very little damage was evident; shops were open, Bourbon Street was lively on saturday night... But beyond that, it was a ragged ghost town. Miles and miles of neighborhoods closed and abandoned, deemed uninhabitable for months. Places and parts of town I knew like the back of my hand, now completely unrecognizable. Garbage and debris everywhere. Almost everything closed, almost everyone gone. It is clear that despite its disappearance from news headlines, New Orleans has a very long way to go before it gets back to normal - if it ever does.
We had the opportunity to tour the ninth ward, the most heavily-damaged area of the city, still closed to the public. The scale of devastation was unimaginable, spanning miles and miles. It transcended anything you've seen on TV, anything you've imagined. I took quite a few pictures while I was down there, and they've been posted online in hopes of giving people a better idea of what's really still going on down there, nine weeks after the hurricane. Take a look, and pass the link on to some friends:
New Orleans: 10_28_05
]I haven't updated my blog in such a long time I've started receiving death threats. Relax, people! Go do something productive with your lives. It's just that I've been busy, traveling like crazy, and I don't like to update this page unless I have the time to do it right. More updates are coming soon. Promise. In the meantime...
A few days ago I was in New Orleans, one of the four cities I have called home at some point in my life. It's the first time I'd been down there since Katrina hit, and I was anxious to see how the city was holding up. In the French Quarter, where we stayed, things almost felt normal. Very little damage was evident; shops were open, Bourbon Street was lively on saturday night... But beyond that, it was a ragged ghost town. Miles and miles of neighborhoods closed and abandoned, deemed uninhabitable for months. Places and parts of town I knew like the back of my hand, now completely unrecognizable. Garbage and debris everywhere. Almost everything closed, almost everyone gone. It is clear that despite its disappearance from news headlines, New Orleans has a very long way to go before it gets back to normal - if it ever does.We had the opportunity to tour the ninth ward, the most heavily-damaged area of the city, still closed to the public. The scale of devastation was unimaginable, spanning miles and miles. It transcended anything you've seen on TV, anything you've imagined. I took quite a few pictures while I was down there, and they've been posted online in hopes of giving people a better idea of what's really still going on down there, nine weeks after the hurricane. Take a look, and pass the link on to some friends:
New Orleans: 10_28_05
Labels: photos, politics, special features
posted by Rob at 7:35 AM. [ permanent link ]
18 Comments:
fucking warzone.
Thanks for posting those. I have a family of friends from the 9th ward who are getting by in Houston. They want to go back and see if anything is left, but don't expect to be able to any time soon. This really gives us a hint of how bad it truly is.
Is hard to face the reality of what happened. So sad to know that so many people lost everything, but most of society has already forgotten it because is not on the news or anywhere else on the media.Is good to see it here just to serve as a reminder, and let us know that those people are still suffering and need help.
It's stuff like this that makes me think we're all completely fucked.
People talk. You should have given yourself a photo credit.
I called it home, as well. It will never be the same, and that's absolutely tragic. I am still reeling.
Those pictures are horrifying :(
Also, dude, clear some of your PMs in the other place! I tried to send you a message just now, but your mailbox is full! You're SOOOOOO Popular!
Sucks to be Rob! ;)
Good news i suppose about the French Quarter, but those pictures, those interior ones are just, so bad. Its hard to imagine what the people who once lived in those places can be going through.
well thanks for the pics because they're have been the only way for me to see the real damaged of the city... Will it be really possible to rebuild it?
the R. Kelly dvd is out. i watched it last night.
justin/angryblue.com
Thanks for those Rob, I have not seen any footage since the water was drained back out. It is true devistation and I hope no one ever forgets. It is so important to keep it in the headlines......
I was initially going to ask you if I could repost a few of the pictures you took that are on nin.com but I see here that you've given permission. Thank you very much for that; it's disgusting to me that the media has backed down from New Orleans information. It's up to the "little guys" to keep the word out on it. I really...it's just so hard to put words to it. It's horrific.
Nat said to delete some PMs in the other place and I agree...You KNOW you're popular when you can send the Head Cheese a PM but not YOU! you go!
Man, those are really terrifying pics - thanks for sharing, some of them are pretty disturbing and yeah, the media need to get their shit together now that all the rich white folks are safe and sound.
Did you post a shitspace bulletin to all those on your list? I'll do the same.
I know many people have been posting the link on their LGs and blogs; hoping to pass along a reminder that things are NOT back to normal. Many thanks for posting the photographs.
hey you're dissed!...hahaha...out
J-Sin
ps. I think it's hilarious that you say "fuck" as much as "dude"...really.
I heard about this advertising scheme on a another blog, that gives away free Apple ipods. It sounded like a scam, but after I googled it, it was legitmiate. You have to sign up for an offer from one the sponser companies. I did a free trial one. This is for the new 60GB video ipod! Here's the link, check it out.
Free Apple Ipod
Nigger.
wow...and that's 9 weeks after?
scary.
i'm from grand cayman, and that's what home looked like after we took a direct hit from hurricane ivan in 2004.
it was a warzone. really, you'd never think you'd wake up one morning and see everything just shattered, smashed, and washed away. but we bounced back quickly...i can't imagine the lasting devastation of katrina.
that's heavy stuff, man.
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