We went looking for oil but found mostly Katrina's destruction.
Showing posts with label katrina. Show all posts
Showing posts with label katrina. Show all posts
8.28.2010
Katrina - stronger then the rest.
She certainly left her mark. Some wear it like a tattoo while most hoped the scars would have faded away by now. Memories are often harder then reality. Sadly, throughout the south She still shows her face too often. If it wasn't Katrina, it was the rest of the family Rita, Gustav and Ike... a horrible family to know. Watching the news and the videos all week I'm reminded of a storm on two fronts - one in New Orleans and one at home. My mother was just waking from the haze of the unknown, unable to comprehend what was happening to her let alone New Orleans. We explained it over and over every time she asked but it was just as hard for us to understand. 5 years later Mom has recovered just fine, the south... still struggling amidst a new battle.
She certainly left her mark. Some wear it like a tattoo while most hoped the scars would have faded away by now. Memories are often harder then reality. Sadly, throughout the south She still shows her face too often. If it wasn't Katrina, it was the rest of the family Rita, Gustav and Ike... a horrible family to know. Watching the news and the videos all week I'm reminded of a storm on two fronts - one in New Orleans and one at home. My mother was just waking from the haze of the unknown, unable to comprehend what was happening to her let alone New Orleans. We explained it over and over every time she asked but it was just as hard for us to understand. 5 years later Mom has recovered just fine, the south... still struggling amidst a new battle.
7.29.2010
Dulac.
Katrina, Rita, Ike, Tony, etc. - after reading about the Michigan oil spill, I hope we don't start naming spills. This one would politely be called Tony, but there are much stronger words used. Dulac is a small shrimping community near Houma where a large percentage of the boats work for BP now. They aren't allowed to do anything but man the boat since they haven't taken the class to move the oil soaked booms correctly. BP trained workers come in the morning and do the work, Curtis just drives the boat. He said BP has been very good about paying him but it's not enough, that the rules change daily and no one is ever sure what the day will bring. The shrimp in the lake are big and he wants to get out there, but the waters and the marine life need to be tested again and again before they will let that happen. Many of the fishermen go out and just pay the fines, anywhere from $2k to $4k. Seeing BP only pays about $2k for a day of sitting, it's a toss-up.
Katrina didn't hit Dulac but the follow-up Rita destroyed it. Many of the homes sit waiting for demo. Eventually a crew comes and takes the Cypress beams for reuse, then the demolition crews tear down the rest. A very slow process, that again, after 5 years, seems ridiculous. The feds have decided the best answer is to lift all of the homes so they won't flood again, all along the road you see strange sights of trailer homes 15 feet in the air with elevators on the outside, too many stairs for most and look like if everyone moved to one side they'd tip... the feds did the work, I'm sure it will hold just fine.
The blessing of the grill.
Curtis
Joseph
Rita
Rita
Katrina, Rita, Ike, Tony, etc. - after reading about the Michigan oil spill, I hope we don't start naming spills. This one would politely be called Tony, but there are much stronger words used. Dulac is a small shrimping community near Houma where a large percentage of the boats work for BP now. They aren't allowed to do anything but man the boat since they haven't taken the class to move the oil soaked booms correctly. BP trained workers come in the morning and do the work, Curtis just drives the boat. He said BP has been very good about paying him but it's not enough, that the rules change daily and no one is ever sure what the day will bring. The shrimp in the lake are big and he wants to get out there, but the waters and the marine life need to be tested again and again before they will let that happen. Many of the fishermen go out and just pay the fines, anywhere from $2k to $4k. Seeing BP only pays about $2k for a day of sitting, it's a toss-up.
Katrina didn't hit Dulac but the follow-up Rita destroyed it. Many of the homes sit waiting for demo. Eventually a crew comes and takes the Cypress beams for reuse, then the demolition crews tear down the rest. A very slow process, that again, after 5 years, seems ridiculous. The feds have decided the best answer is to lift all of the homes so they won't flood again, all along the road you see strange sights of trailer homes 15 feet in the air with elevators on the outside, too many stairs for most and look like if everyone moved to one side they'd tip... the feds did the work, I'm sure it will hold just fine.
The blessing of the grill.
7.28.2010
Katrina.
Waveland, nothing left but a porch.
It's hard to be in the South and not talk about Katrina. She tore up the place. She moved buildings across roads and left nothing but the trees on the lot. A real mess that five years later still cannot be covered up... I knew there would be scars but I was still surprised by the loss.
It's hard to be in the South and not talk about Katrina. She tore up the place. She moved buildings across roads and left nothing but the trees on the lot. A real mess that five years later still cannot be covered up... I knew there would be scars but I was still surprised by the loss.
Waveland
Gulfport
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