Archive for August, 2010
The Blessings of Katrina
The mood this weekend across New Orleans was somber. Rain poured and dark threatening clouds filled the sky, and I couldn’t seem to shake the gloom. The rebroadcasts of people stranded on their rooftops five years ago only served to remind me of all those who did not survive. All weekend I could feel a [...]
Los Angeles Times: Five Years After Katrina, New Orleans Still Caught Between Storms
Rebuilding efforts have turned it into a hopeful start-up city, but troubling new — and old — problems abound. By Kim Murphy and Richard Fausset, Los Angeles Times August 29, 2010 Reporting from New Orleans and Atlanta Tim Williamson was asked this month to assess the state of his native New Orleans after the disaster. [...]
Absence Makes the Heart Grow Fonder
Phrases.org identifies the origin of the phrase “Absence makes the heart grow fonder” as “Always toward absent lovers love’s tide stronger flows” from Sextus Aurelius Propertius – a Roman poet from 15BC. (The same site also conveys the bawdy wordplay that Shamus may appreciate – “Absinthe makes the fart grow stronger”.) I’ve been thinking of [...]
On the Fifth Anniversary of Katrina, Displacement Continues
Jordan Flaherty Author of the new book FLOODLINES Posted: August 27, 2010 02:52 PM Poet Sunni Patterson is one of New Orleans’ most beloved artists. She has performed in nearly every venue in the city, toured the US, and frequently appears on television and radio, from Democracy Now to Def Poetry Jam. When she performs [...]
Five Years After Katrina: Reaching Out in New Orleans
by Shamus Rohn August 24, 2010 Max is crying today. Only five nights ago, we met Max in an abandoned house in the Mid City neighborhood of New Orleans. The house has not been touched since flooding from Hurricane Katrina as evidenced by the water marks and mold on the un-gutted walls. Max is 42, [...]
Public News Service: Homelessness Doubled Post-Katrina
August 26, 2010 NEW ORLEANS – For the past year and a half, the non-profit group UNITY of Greater New Orleans has sent search teams into the more than 55,000 abandoned buildings around the city. They estimate that as many as 6,000 homeless people are living in Katrina’s ruins. Seventy-five percent of the abandoned-building dwellers [...]
The Times-Picayune: Buildings left Blighted by Hurricane Katrina House Thousands
Katy Reckdahl, The Times-Picayune Published: Wednesday, August 25, 2010, 6:00 AM Carrie Morgan Handy, 63, lived in a mold-ridden cinderblock house in the 9th Ward for three years, until she was discovered a few months ago by caseworkers from UNITY of Greater New Orleans, who routinely search the city for squatters. Handy, who was stranded [...]
FOX 8 News: Post-Katrina Homelessness Leads Residents to Gutted Homes
Sabrina Wilson, FOX 8 News Last Update: 8/24 6:34 pm New Orleans – Carrie Morgan-Handy, 61, tries hard to handle what life serves up, so instead of living on the streets when she returned to New Orleans after being displaced in another state after Katrina, she ended up turning a gutted and abandoned 9th Ward [...]
WWLTV 4: N.O. Homeless Study Shows Problem Doubled since Katrina
by Paul Murphy / Eyewitness News Posted on August 24, 2010 at 6:14 PM NEW ORLEANS – Homelessness in the city has gotten worse in the five years since the Hurricane Katrina, not better according to a new report by the homeless advocacy group Unity of Greater New Orleans. The group claims there is a [...]
ABC 26 News: Thousands of Homeless Still Using Abandoned Housing
Sandra Gonzalez - ABC26 News August 24, 2010 An abandoned house on Laussat is home to Johnnie Morgan. “I have no electricity. I have no air conditioning and it’s very hot and air comes through the window and gives a little comfort through the blessings of God and I just make due and do the [...]
