Around New Orleans today

[jay]

I may never look at the letter "X" in quite the same way again. Or "blue roofs". Or "dat ain't dere no-more", colloquially.

It wasn't just the abandoned and ruined homes... it was the scale of it. Miles and miles of it.

Downtown and the Quarter aren't much affected. Outside, though... whew. tenacious_snail's childhood home has mold growing 4' up the walls. And is structurally sound. Many trailers. Many empty trailers, and FEMA's still a joke.

Still... nice lunch and dinner, met Les's family, and beignets. :)

Comments

[mactavish.livejournal.com]

I read that Xs and blue roofs were big themes in this year's Carnival parades.

[elissaann.livejournal.com]

At least some of the men and women who work for FEMA are doing the best they can, given limited resources and an incompetent administration. They are frustrated as hell because they're not getting the support they need to do their jobs. I know one of them. He worked his ass off when he was there, and he still has nightmares.