Hard Times for the Big Easy

The damage to New Orleans and the coastal areas from Hurricane Katrina is horrific.  And unfortunately, this looks to be just the start of problems to come.  The contaminated water and food supply is a potential breeding ground for all sorts of disease and infection.

I visited New Orleans a few years ago for a conference.  The city didn't seem very rich economically, but it possessed a distinctive culture and identity - more than you can say for many other cities.  With time, the city will recover and rebuild.  Earlier today I went to redcross.org and made a small donation.  Every little bit helps, and the hurricane victims need all the help they can get right now.

Comments

[Mike McCombs]

I pray for all of the victims of the hurricane, their families, and anyone who has been affected or touched in anyway.
I know it will take forever to rebuild, at least a few years.
I wander what will happen to Mardi Gras......I was planning on going there next year.

[David Foreman]

I will miss the New Orleans I visited several years ago when a friend of mine lived there. No matter how much money is pumped in to get the water out, clean the streets, shoot the looters, and throw out carpet, the New Orleans that midwifed jazz and the New Orleans that gave us such fine food are gone, dead as the bodies hidden lifeless in attics, irretrieveable. I will miss it.