Four years ago a category 5 hurricane barreled across the Gulf Coast to make land fall at Category 3 strengths, ultimately becoming the worst disaster in United States history.By that evening, 80% of the City of New Orleans was under water realizing the fears of what would happen when the 'the Big One' hits; devastation beyond belief, thousands dead, even more stranded on rooftops, the Superdome and Convention Center representative of everything that went wrong.
After recovering from the initial destruction, natives returned home ready to:Rebuild neighborhoods
Define communities
Invest in local industries
Overhaul municipal infrastructure
Lobby for ongoing recovery assistance
Educate about coastal erosion
Support artists, chefs, and musicians
Revive traditions
Value, more than ever, the history of New Orleans
Define communities
Invest in local industries
Overhaul municipal infrastructure
Lobby for ongoing recovery assistance
Educate about coastal erosion
Support artists, chefs, and musicians
Revive traditions
Value, more than ever, the history of New Orleans
Be a New Orleanian - it's about passion, it's about resilience, it's about revelry, its about heritage - wherever you are.
Image Credit: Dirty Coast
"The moonlight on the bayou.......
ReplyDeletea creole tune.... that fills the air
I dream... about magnolias in bloom......
and Im wishin I was there" -Louis Armstrong
-CIL
Great post/reminder and great quote from CIL...
ReplyDeleteTo Anon: "I dream about cornbread!" (Don't you just love when that old guy pipes in with that in background!?)
ReplyDeleteAnyway, LOVE that sticker. Patrick (an old family friend) over at Dirty Coast sent me a bunch of those with one of my orders after Katrina. Btw, how did you get Dirty Coast over there on your sidebar?! Not sure that my readers would be into DC since they are from all over (not just NOLA) but of course we love it. I am so glad to have found your blog and to see a gent in the blogging world. Come over and visit me at my blog sometime!