Monthly Archives: February 2007
Housing Information
St. Vincent’s Guest House, 1507 Magazine Street, New Orleans, LA 70130, diannepeterschreiber@earthlink.net, office-504.523.0042, fax-504.525.4573 Description Historical, beautiful, St. Vincent’s is in the heart of New Orleans. Located in the Garden District, just a 5 minute bus ride from the French … Continue reading
Katrina Corps: A Strike Force of Good Neighbors
For those of you who are into genealogy, the Katrina Corps was conceived early in December of 2006 and born on December 29, 2006 after three days of hard labor in Madison, Wisconsin. Not a very long gestation period. Katrina … Continue reading
On a lighter note.
When we were in the Lower 9th we saw Flavor Flav riding a bike with a winter coat in 75 degree weather. (It probably wasn’t him but looked a lot like him). Another thing I noticed about the South is … Continue reading
How’s that for patriotism?
Yesterday, Ray and I were driving in the Lower 9th Ward. Most of the blocks in this particular area have 1, maybe 2 people who have moved back. Some of the houses still need gutting. Basically, this neighborhood is dead … Continue reading
Gutting: Before and After
These are Before and After pictures from the house that Ray and I worked at (see earlier post.) We didn’t get to help with the demolition part of the gutting, but for 5 hours we hauled stuff to the curb. … Continue reading
2 Taxi Drivers talk about Post-Katrina New Orleans
Taxi Driver Accounts from 2.07.2007 When asked about Hurricane Katrina in general and the recovery efforts specifically, the following were their responses: An American originally from Pakistan -He said that before Katrina, the French Quarter would have been packed with … Continue reading
What about the kids?
I went back to WI this weekend and returned on Monday to stay for a while. I was requested to write a blog about childrens experiences during Katrina, but I didn’t really find any kids to talk to. About a … Continue reading
The Lower 9th Ward today
We took these images of the lower 9th Ward this past Sunday. The 9th Ward is essentially the ground zero of Hurricane Katrina or rather the Levee Failure Magnifico! Some houses are now gutted. Some are not and look the … Continue reading
Volunteers, again and again.
Today I spoke with 2 different people about all of the work that needs to be done down here. One used to be a tour guide here in New Orleans before Katrina and the other is a gutter with ACORN … Continue reading
Belated Thank you to Smith Magazine
A belated thank you to Smith Magazine for the following call to arms on January 14th. Thank you for the support! http://smithmag.net/2007/01/14/katrina-corps-spring-break-07/