Just thought I'd share my little piece of Friday's adventure. It's not exactly breaking news, 4 days after the fact, but whatever.
This was LaSalle St. between Tulane Ave & Canal St (Canal St. being just yards to the right of this shot) at approx. 1:35PM Friday, May 4. Mine is the little dark blue Jetta. In the less than a minute it took to take this shot, the water went up maybe another inch before I waded in nearly knee-deep to rescue the only thing besides this computer that I own outright! We made it, by the way.
And to think that I took finding such a great (i.e., free) parking spot as the sign of the beginning of a good day...
"I'm not going to try to lay down in words the lure of this place. Every great writer in the land, from Faulkner to Twain to Rice to Ford, has tried to do it, and fallen short. It is impossible to capture the essence, tolerance and spirit of south Louisiana in words...IT JUST IS WHAT IT IS." -Chris Rose, N.O. Times-Picayune, 8/29/06
Tuesday, May 08, 2007
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Hanging on for Dear Life: Katrina Survivors" Daily Struggle to Live
- The representative of the neighborhood "Lakeview" (an upper middle class mostly white neighborhood of NOLA) just told a story that will stay with me for the rest of my life. She told the story of 2 volunteers from Boston, a mother and a 9 year old daughter. After a week of working, the daughter turned to the mother and asked her when they would be returning to America. The lady representative broke down into tears and asked the senate panel the same question. When will we be returning to America?
- 2005 homeowners insurance: $1926... 2006 homeowners insurance: $2343... 2007 homeowners insurance bill: $4599
- That ain't shit. 2005 Farmers: $2400 / 2006 Farmers: $4000 / 2007 Farmers: $11,000
- "I hope the levees break again and kill you."
- The average cost for a 2,000-square-foot home has jumped, probably, to the $80,000 range just for foundation work
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