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April 24, 2006
Six Months Later
After attending the Louisiana Stonewall Democrats organizing meeting this week in New Orleans, I accompanied chapter co-chair Stephen Handwerk to the city's 9th Ward along with NSD board members John Cleary (CA), Jon Winkleman (NY) and Babs Casbar (NJ). Members of the Democratic National Committee had spent the week working in storm-damaged areas like the 9th Ward.
Growing up the son of a hurricane expert, I've spent a lot of time working hurricane relief; sleeping in tent cities, re-roofing homes and cleaning out the muck. Nothing compared to what still languishes in Louisiana.
More Photos After the Jump
I knew that areas like the 9th Ward would be more hard-hit than glimpses of boarded-up windows. However, what Katrina and FEMA left behind were miles-upon-miles of shattered homes and empty communities. Below are pictures from just one neighborhood - just one street out of hundreds that remain abandoned.
No one lives here. We expected to see people moving back into the neighborhood, but no one was. There is no electricity, no water, no sanitation. There is just miles of empty neighborhoods.
Posted by John at April 24, 2006 01:53 PM
