Day 33 PM: Pictures Up; Growing Up After Katrina; Machelle
Posted on September 30, 2005 - Filed Under katrina, new orleans, pictures | 2 Comments
Pictures Up: Photographic evidence from my first return trip to New Orleans are now available for viewing. Yesterday’s post has been embellished with some of these images. As a favor, please distribute these images far and wide; let the world know what CNN’s “contaminated and dangerous city” really looks like. Offensive […]
Read More..>>Day 32: Back From New Orleans And She Is Fine!; Reality & Reporting; Nagin’s New Re-Entry Schedule
Posted on September 29, 2005 - Filed Under katrina, new orleans | 8 Comments
New Orleans Is Coming Back And She’s Looking Good! The last two days have me nothing short of physically exhausted and emotionally asunder. Going back to New Orleans yesterday was one of the greatest endeavours I have undertaken yet. Even my camera is out of sorts and needs a full recharge. Before […]
Read More..>>Day 30: Leaving For NO; Some More Kingwood-Humble Damage
Posted on September 27, 2005 - Filed Under katrina, new orleans | Leave a Comment
Back Into New Orleans, Finally: After exactly one month of being away from home, we return tomorrow. Citywide curfew is in effect and we may not legally stay, but we don’t intend on spending the night anyway. The plan is to drive in, perform an inspection, grab items of value and of great […]
Read More..>>Day 29 Late PM: Us In, Refrigerators Out; Rita Pictures Up; Gelfand Passes Away
Posted on September 26, 2005 - Filed Under katrina, new orleans, weather | 2 Comments
And the natives rejoiced as high-speed internet access was once again restored to Kingwood, TX. Good news from New Orleans as well - Machelle informs that power is back on in the French Quarter, most of the Central Business District and parts of the Lower Garden District up to a couple of blocks past St. […]
Read More..>>Day 28 Late PM: Back To New Orleans Re-Entry; A Familiar Voice Speaks
Posted on September 25, 2005 - Filed Under katrina, new orleans | Leave a Comment
New Orleans Re-Entry: Despite heavy rains that flooded the southwestern portion of Louisiana and caused another round of evacuations, New Orleans continues to dry out nicely. Mayor Ray Nagin wishes to get back on track repopulating the city with the able-bodied and business owners.
Meanwhile, Governor Blanco seeks $31 billion in aid and […]
Day 28 Early PM:Twice The Cleanup
Posted on September 25, 2005 - Filed Under katrina, new orleans, weather | 1 Comment
Cleaning Up After Rita & Katrina: Hurricane Rita blew through Texas and southwestern Louisiana northeast of us as a Category 3. The four of us took an “African safari” of the city in the Land Rover last evening. Other than trees, branches and signs downed by the wind, greater metropolitan Houston suffered no major damage. […]
Read More..>>Day 27 AM: Rita Came Through And Stayed
Posted on September 24, 2005 - Filed Under katrina, new orleans, weather | 2 Comments
This marks the first VatulBlog post on a 28K connection using the one functional computer during power/cable loss - The Maitri Abides. Other unusual experiences of today include drinking coffee made in a French press (not bad if it didn’t taste like 10 parts coffee to 1 part water), listening to wind-up radio and reading […]
Read More..>>Day 26 Early PM: A Lot Of Water For New Orleans
Posted on September 23, 2005 - Filed Under katrina, new orleans, weather | 3 Comments
Rita Hits Northwest Gulf Coast: NOLA and southwest Louisiana are getting thrashed right now. A complete list of mandatory and voluntary evacuations for Louisiana.
Another New Orleans Levee Problem (5:15PM CDT) - Following this morning’s topping and subsequent breach of the Ninth Ward Industrial Canal levee, the freshly-patched London Avenue Canal has two breaches. Water enters […]
Day 26 AM: New Orleans Ninth Ward Levee Topped, Houston Update
Posted on September 23, 2005 - Filed Under katrina, new orleans | Leave a Comment
Ninth Ward Levee Topped By Rain Water: This morning, water poured into the Ninth Ward of New Orleans once again. Rain from Hurricane Rita went “over a dike that had been used to patch breaks in the Industrial Canal.” The waterfall is now 30 feet wide and water is waist-high in most […]
Read More..>>Day 25: Hurricane Rita Evacuation, Distance Math
Posted on September 22, 2005 - Filed Under katrina, new orleans, weather, wisconsin | 1 Comment
Hurricane Rita Evacuation: Never a dull moment here at Evacuation Central in Stepford! Rita appears to have turned northward, evidently skipping Galveston and Houston altogether (too early to tell), but downtown and south Houston are in a tizzy.
Two Inside The Loop residents will spend the long weekend here - one, the illustrious By The Bayou, […]
