New Orleans, Then and Now

Poor New Orleans. So battered and bruised. I visited there before Katrina, and took this photo:

And with yet another hurricane, new visitors to the Quarter:

Of course, being with the Corps of Engineers, I wish I were there, battling Mother Nature and desperately trying to protect the city and monitoring the levees. I would love to deploy, for the sake of the city, I hope I don't have to.

Hopefully Gustav won't be another Katrina, and the levees won't breach again.

Hurricane Deployment

It's been more than a month since I made a post. I was on my 28th day of deployment when my mother had a massive heart attack.

I had quite a time getting out of Mississppi, but I managed. My mom is home at her apartment now, shaky but alive. She had a stint implanted into an artery and hopefully that will keep her alive. She has a 70% blockage in a carotid artery but she is unsure if she wants surgery to correct it.

So this has been quite a month for me. I've had no internet access at my duty station. If I get home, as I'm schedule to do on November 2, 2005, I will make another post and fill you in on my travels to Hurricane Katrina relief areas.

Here I am in my hardhat at a debris it.



Pretty roadside display that survived the hurricane.