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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Katy Reckdahl, The Times-Picayune Published: Wednesday, August 25, 2010, 6:00 AM [caption id="attachment_963" align="alignleft" width="553" caption="John McCusker, The Times-Picayune. Carrie Morgan-Handy spent three years living in this house on Laussat Place, without electricity or reliable plumbing, before being discovered by UNITY of Greater New Orleans"][/caption] Carrie Morgan Handy,...
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...
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...
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...
[caption id="attachment_988" align="alignleft" width="550" caption="UNITY Director of Programs Angela Patterson comforts Ms. Carrie Handy as she recounts her painful story of living in a gutted house for over three years"][/caption] The Abandoned Buildings Outreach Team of UNITY of Greater New Orleans held a press conference Tuesday,...