New Orleans When I woke before dawn this morning there was the same acrid smell of burning fires that greets you in Delhi, but I was home. It means there was a fire that our low water pressure could not handle and another abandoned building still standing in the wake of Katrina, had now fallen. …
Category: Rebuild New Orleans
Light and Dark
New Orleans It poured in Shreveport and there were rain delays around the Houston airport, so it was no surprise to find the front moving into New Orleans. At 9PM there was a light drizzle and the streets were wet. Traffic was flowing quickly, the rain was just enough to stop the construction on the …
In the Lower 9th Ward
New Orleans Living in New Orleans one becomes myopic perhaps? Day to day one counts small, sometimes very small, things as great progress: a store opens, houses cleaned, a stoplight working, or a streetlight coming on. Perhaps we are counting trees and are lost to the forest? It was impossible for me to say “no” …