New Orleans Seven years ago to the day, Hurricane Katrina devastated New Orleans, and we’re still living in the wake of that storm. To say that Isaac wasn’t as bad is almost saying nothing, other than how lucky we were to be spared. 70% of the Greater New Orleans area has been without power, some 700,000 …
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Serving a Community in the Shadow of a Hurricane
New Orleans It’s a Tuesday, but the City of New Orleans is shutdown. I drove down Esplanade Avenue to Fair Grinds Coffeehouse this morning at 5:30 AM through dark and deserted streets. The donut place on the corner of Broad Street had been hopping with a dozen pickup trucks and cabs at that time on Monday morning …
Hurricane Hoopla!
New Orleans What’s the right thing to do when a hurricane enters the Gulf of Mexico? The truth seems to be that no one really knows. On Sunday afternoon the storm looked to be a category 2 (of 5) headed between the Florida panhandle around Panama City and Pascagoula, Mississippi, a couple of hundred miles …