“Many of you are seeing in the national media that
things are getting back to normal in New Orleans and surrounding
parishes. Nothing could be further from the truth…my in-laws’ old
home is now only a slab and a few bricks…. FEMA trailers are
beginning to dot the landscape, but most are still not hooked up
for use…a grayish-brown line marks the water height just below
the roof of our old home. That water sat in the house for nearly
three weeks. What could be saved after that?… As we drove to the
Lake View area…we passed an old friend’s restaurant. The sign for
the inspection of bodies here had to be placed on the roof of his
building since the water was so deep…. Thousands of homes in this
area are beginning to crumble.”
