Katrina One Year Later
Once again via the Tattered Coat, I'm reminded to go read this post over at 1115.org. Blogger/photographer Matt Cohen [a Pittsburgh native] went down to New Orleans ahead of Dubya to see what he could see. It's not pretty, but it has to be seen. And by everybody. What happened in New Orleans and all along the Gulf Coast one year ago cannot be forgotten nor whitewashed by Dubya's platitutes of all the "progress" made down there. Make sure to take a click through Matt's flickr set of gorgeous black and white images of what the 9th Ward of New Orleans looks like today.
The NY Times also has some incredible multimedia slideshows and extended coverage of the Gulf Coast post-Katrina here which I really found informative.
Tonight is the encore presentation of Spike Lee's documentary When the Levees Broke on HBO from 8p - Midnight in one straight shot. I'll be watching it with friends.
Rebuilding the Gulf Coast will take decades.
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August 29th, 2006 @ 10:49 am
I watched when the levees broke, and not even a SPIKE LEE JOINT can fix the hell thats going on down there. It shows something that we have already seen, shows how much the government cares. Im tried of seeing fridges on top of homes, children with no place to go. It reminds me of escape from L. A. , it looks like New Orleans was hit with a bomb and was separated from the rest of the U.S. . There has been year one, Anderson Cooper has been down there, Bush has been down there, 60 Min's has been down there(check out 60mins last sunday for the interview with Ray Nagin), Oprah has been down there, Bush goes down there again, nothing. This used to be the party capital of the world, now the world has stepped over N.O. and washed it away with Katrina. I haven't seen on the Levees Broke any of the money (BILLIONS) BUSH has promised to that state or any other state . I hope to go down there next year to see for myself and I hope that you Albert and Lady go also to get your own feel , and then make your own observation about what if The Levees Broke In Philly, how fast would we bounce back if a freak of nature like Day After Tomarrow washed our city away. The real betrayal is that someone should interview the soliders that came home from Iraq, to nothing in Katrina. I really cried with that thought, I watched these men of our great country that fought to protect our freedom, come home to no families. How does a Marine come back from Iraq to that hell. He just left hell to go to hell! I feel so sorry and commend those soliders that had to come home and find out that their families where scattered over 5 states. Think about that!
August 29th, 2006 @ 1:22 pm
Talk about a good laugh, you have to go to video.msn.com. You have to see Matt Lauer give it to Former FEMA Director Mike Brown on his handling of the Katrina disaster. Must see T.V.!!!!
August 31st, 2006 @ 12:02 am
[…] After one year, New Orleans is still wounded. This pictures of the 9th Ward was not taken last year; it's just a few days old and was taken by photographer 1115 (via Albert; view the entire set on Flickr). […]