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Sunday, June 22, 2008


Barry Manilow ’08 – Down to (a mere) 4 more days…

Hello, From New Orleans!!

Yesterday was the day our organization toured some of the hardest Katrina-hit areas of the city. No matter what TV footage you may have viewed beforehand, I’m not sure anything can prepare you for the scope of the loss here.

We saw the 9th Ward, and heard from volunteers that are rebuilding nearby St. Bernard Parish. We ate lunch at Dooky Chase’s, and were reminded that almost every restaurant we have enjoyed visiting here had been closed after Katrina.


The school we visited in St. Bernard Parish had 8 feet of water in the halls, and had to use a second floor stairwell landing to pull people up to safety, from the flood waters. Tens of thousands of homes – destroyed.

We viewed the area along the Mississippi, that FEMA utilized as the command centre for mobilizing resources. Right beside the place we had been sipping café au lait the day before.

I’ve got more material to write about when we go back home than I will have space for. And I had better not get started here…

Chow for now!!

2 comments:

Unknown said...

I hope you enjoyed your trip and I look forward to reading your articles. I remember seeing the FEMA tents set up in the parking lot by the Jax Brewery. I have come to know many of the people from St. Bernard since the storm. They are such wonderful people! A fact that you didn't mention was the first recovery teams that made there way to "Da Parish" (as it is called) were from Vancover Canada. (4 days after the storm.) Mounties to the rescue! Again, thank you for coming and please thank the Canadian people for me for their selfless support of the people of the Gulf South. It meant more than you can know.

ThatDanGuy said...

I hadn't heard that - very cool!

The gentleman that addressed us at a school in "Da Parish" mentioned how a visitor from Calgary (where we currently live) was so affected, he spent a small fortune to build something for the school.

Feel free to contact me offline, so that I have your e-mail address to send you links or pdf's of the articles that come from this week.

It was wonderful to know that someone here was keeping an eye on this wacky blog of mine!!