I remember New Orleans, and all of her people trying to make it home. I remember that the disaster that befell her was predominantly manmade.
And I remember the towns of the Mississippi coast: Pass Christian. Gulfport. Biloxi. Pearlington. Bay St. Louis. Waveland. Gautier. Pascagoula. Ocean Springs.
I remember the lives lost, and the lives turned upside down. And as I remember, Phil Ochs’ words keep me company: There but for fortune go you or I.
Image from Traveling Mermaid.
Tags: Katrina + New Orleans + We Are Not OK
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did you see this? http://www.hano.us/falsehopes.html
clarification: i linked to the hoax, not to the retraction. just thought i should mention that…
Yes, e, I did see that. Would that it were true.
I remember.
Thank you
Thanks for the email about the Katrina Houses. I’m going to write up a post with the links you sent. I very much appreciate your taking the time to do that. And yeah, I think your cat has struck a very modelesque pose–would that mine would sit still long enough for me to take one.