These are a few pictures that I was able to find from my travels to New Orleans in January (my computer recently crashed and I lost most pictures...but here are a few left over). There are many more back home and several detailed books compiled by the New Orleans newspaper chronologically outlining the events of the Hurricane. The lower 9th ward was a wasteland...out of some tens of thousands of homes, only 3 or so survived (the number was below 10). I did a "post-katrina" tour which opened my eyes to many outrages: victims being given only 10 thousand dollars to rebuild their homes, the amount of time it took for any help to actually arrive, etc.
This is the markings of the height of the water when the flooding occurred.
If you notice the "X" on the front of the house, this is significant of when the support came to help. As described on the front of other houses, there are 4 areas to write within the "X"/square. On the top marked the date they arrived, one side marked who came, another marked (possibly) the time, and the bottom had a number which indicated how many dead dogs, cats or people were inside.
But their marching bands are always rocking on...all in uniform it reminds me of the future patient-musicians
These are everywhere.
If you notice the "X" on the front of the house, this is significant of when the support came to help. As described on the front of other houses, there are 4 areas to write within the "X"/square. On the top marked the date they arrived, one side marked who came, another marked (possibly) the time, and the bottom had a number which indicated how many dead dogs, cats or people were inside.
But their marching bands are always rocking on...all in uniform it reminds me of the future patient-musicians
These are everywhere.
1 comment:
x's in squares - me thinks there is something here for us: the coding of the inventory, if you like. Looking at the pictures of NO I was uncertain what they signified, except that the belief in received (and questionable) help had marked itself/been marked on the scene . . . and that uncertainty is an unattractive moment of slippage between the visual symbol and the condition. If you were Dupperet, for example. which part of the square would marked for you?
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