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.