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New Orleans in a Nutshell
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Rob Boudrie
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The sad thing about LA is the widespread corruption. I'm sure you've all heard the old chestnut - "Half of Louisiana is under water. The other half is under indictment."
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She teaches at a university in Baton Rouge. So one of the blessings is that she still has her job.
She's moved up her family up there and tells me that she is not going to return to New Orleans, no way no how.
As soon as they let people back in to the section of New Orleans where her house was, my brother and I will accompany her to recover whatever is salvageable. I haven't decided exactly who is coming with me. Probably Mr. Kimber. Possibly Mr. Colt or Mr. Valmet. Mr. Valmet has the advantage of being shorter than Mr. Colt.
dwarven1
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M1911 said:
Godspeed, M1911. Hope you have a NH permit; according to packing.org, they recognize NH non-res permits. (yeah, I know - you probably don't care at this point, but it never hurts to have your legal ducks all in a row)
Ross
Ross that should be made into a t-shirt [lol] [lol] [lol]
I just got back from New Orleans. It can now be described as a "permissive environment." We were in Lakeview and it felt safe, though we didn't seen any NOPD. There were large numbers of Louisiana state police on I10 between Baton Rouge and New Orleans. Traffic between the two cities was bad as well.
The scale of the destruction is just beyond belief. Each house has the orange paint marks from the search teams, and it goes on for miles and miles. The dedication and perservence of those teams is incredible.
We retrieved a fair bit of pottery and china from my sister's kitchen. The upper cabinets were (mostly) above the flood waters. The damage on the first and main floors is near total. We'd love to get furniture out of the 2nd floor, but how do you get it down without contaminating it and ruining it?
In the meantime, my sister is paying her mortgage and rent for an apartment. There's still no word on whether they'll be allowed to rebuild in Lakeview, or when there will be such a decision. The future of New Orleans is something that needs careful planning and time to come to a consensus. But the people of New Orleans can't wait that long.
The scale of the destruction is just beyond belief. Each house has the orange paint marks from the search teams, and it goes on for miles and miles. The dedication and perservence of those teams is incredible.
We retrieved a fair bit of pottery and china from my sister's kitchen. The upper cabinets were (mostly) above the flood waters. The damage on the first and main floors is near total. We'd love to get furniture out of the 2nd floor, but how do you get it down without contaminating it and ruining it?
In the meantime, my sister is paying her mortgage and rent for an apartment. There's still no word on whether they'll be allowed to rebuild in Lakeview, or when there will be such a decision. The future of New Orleans is something that needs careful planning and time to come to a consensus. But the people of New Orleans can't wait that long.
