I'm doing my part to make up for the local media's shitty coverage of the massive flooding that occurred on the Westbank yesterday. Terrytown*** seems to have gotten whacked hardest. These are shots taken on my parents' street in Terrytown.***
(Above) From my parents' front door. Moms really stepped up to fill the void left by all the news crews "on location" at the Jazz Fest (beer tent).
umm, NO, I'm not cheating and re-posting from an old blog. You're probably just thinking of this.
***(To answer thousands of eastbankers: Terrytown is basically Gretna, but legally part of unincorporated Jeffersion Parish. It borders Algiers and is closer to the CBD than most of eastbank. Please, take as much time as you need to for the shock to subside, especially the ones who've ever waited until the cheaper night long distance rates kicked in before calling someone on the Westbank).
"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
Sunday, April 27, 2008
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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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Ummm...yeah, I was at home yesterday switching channels, looking for anything, ANYTHING about the flooding in Algiers/Gretna. Unfreakinbelieveable.
Finally, at around 6 pm there was a newsflash...ummm, about 2 hours AFTER the torrential rains had subsided.
As usual, the WB is the red-headed step-child.
Luv your observation that we're closer to the CBD than most of the EB. Heh.
Shoulda heard the gnashing of teeth on Twitter today about the rain in da quatah and the fairgrounds. Been there, done that.
Yes, all I've heard of this besides your post is word of mouth. The Youth Center in Bridge City had no phone and no internet and lapses in electricity yesterday bc of the flooding over the weekend.
I hadn't heard about the Bridge City YC being affected. Fortunately, we've written them off so it's no big deal (note: I am being sarcastic).
And in today's and yesterday's paper, most of the front page stories about the deluge focused on how much fun people were still having at Jazz Fest.
I know, it's terrible about the Youth Center. I hear about the victimless insignificant baloney "offenses" kids get in there for and get doubly frustrated that the stories are "confidential." It's atrocious.
I'm terribly alarmed that the NO-MSM did not report on the flooding on the WB. I was a primary offender in blogging about how much fun we were still having at Jazz Fest, not knowing that half the city was floating away. Geez.
E.J.
That water looks like its inside of the house. I didn't realize it got that high. I had to go outside and clear the drain because the water was backing up on my block. There were some pictures in the paper of people sitting in a foot of water at the Jazz Fest. I guess that water is cool when you know you are going back to a dry city Monday morning.
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