Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/12/15
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Walt, You are correct. Mother Nature has brought us to our knees more than once before. Thankfully, you are also correct in that folks tend to be pretty resilient. By the way, I was referring to the moving picture media more than the print media. The newspapers actually did a pretty good job of coverage around here. I think the SunHerald on the coast actually won a couple of Pulitzers. Anyway, I'm all for the free press and appreciate people who came from around the world to cover this event. People are still coming. That is good. Thanks for looking, Frank Farmer Jackson, Miss. (By the way, Happy Hanukah folks!) On Dec 15, 2006, at 8:17 AM, Walt Johnson wrote: > Frank > > Nothing brings home what is important in life as does rampaging Mother > Nature. It points out we can be masters of nothing except ourselves. > Many of my Hugo images were lost by my agency years ago but still > remember the scenes as if they happened yesterday. There was home on > the Isle of Palms sitting in the middle of the road. It sat there > looking as if it had been planted by magic. Looking in the back door > we saw all the cupboards were full of unbroken dishes. > > I sat out Katrina's finish in central Ms. Much too exciting an > experience for a 63-year-old photojournalist. Two days without much > sleep by the time I reached New Orleans. What you said about where > most of the damage occurred was right on the mark. The worst seemed > along the Gulf Coast of Ms. Widespread, devastating and frighting. I > recall thinking those that survived this will be wanting to move > elsewhere but that's probably way off. We may not master Mother Nature > but we do have a hell of a lot of resilience. > > One thing to keep in mind about the so-called media. They are, almost > without exception, bottom feeders. I've worked for many newspapers, > done assignments for every magazine you could think of and spent years > with agencies. I heard the same thing said many times in my career but > what quick to defend our "free press". It may be free but certainly > misses out on what that should mean. I've met many fine people working > in the business but most of the best move on. Now, I'm off my soapbox > as well but understand what you meant about the coast of Ms. > > > Walt > > > Frank F. Farmer wrote: > >> Walt and all, >> >> That looks too familiar for those of us down south -- though with >> lots of hope (i.e. buildings). The photo linked below was taken on a >> street in Waveland, Miss. It did not appear in any publication. >> (yours is a fine photo, by the way and I think it to be a fine >> capture of the rebound that must take place following such a storm). >> >> Anyway, the boat you will see rests on the foundation of a house that >> no longer exists about a half to 3/4 of a mile inland. The gentleman >> who lived in that house did not own this boat. In fact, he no longer >> owned anything. The sheer gut-wrenching horror of Katrina still >> exists in Miss. even though more than one year has passed after the >> storm. Waveland does not look a great deal different now than it did >> when I took this picture approximately 9 months ago. Remember, >> Katrina squarely hit Miss., not New Orleans. The entire coast of >> Miss. was wiped off the map. That is not to lessen the destruction >> that occurred in N.O. However, the media seems to forget about the >> area with the most damage because it was not a giant metro area. OK, >> off my soap box. >> >> Please remember all those who lost their lives, their homes, and >> their livelihoods in this terrible storm in your prayers this season. >> Their wounds still need care. >> >> http://tinyurl.com/sqjon >> >> Frank Farmer >> Jackson, Miss. >> >> >> >> On Dec 14, 2006, at 2:49 PM, Walt Johnson wrote: >> >>> Tina >>> >>> That's close to downtown Charleston the morning after Hugo. This >>> particular image ran a year later in a Life Mag follow up. It's the >>> road which curves south after the bridge and runs to the Battery. >>> Going through my old files reminded me how lucky the historic >>> section was. Most of the really severe damage was a bit north and >>> well into the northwest. I had to drive almost to Columbia the day >>> after to ship film out...(could have used digital then) The >>> destruction on I 26 was something else Most blamed it on tornadoes >>> forming from the storm rather than the winds themselves. Had I ever >>> considered becoming a churchgoer that would have been the time. :-) >>> >>> Walt >>> >>> Tina Manley wrote: >>> >>>> At 12:20 PM 12/14/2006, you wrote: >>>> >>>>> Tina >>>>> >>>>> If you are not too busy readying your tinfoil cap for the upcoming >>>>> solar flare????? ;-) >>>>> >>>>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/waltjohnson/hugoboat.jpg.html >>>>> >>>>> Walt >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> Is that in Charleston? I'm surprised we didn't have any hurricanes >>>> this year after all of the predictions. The astronauts had to hide >>>> from the solar flare! It's going to be 70 degrees here tomorrow - >>>> December 15th. Solar flare or global warming? >>>> >>>> Tina >>>> >>>> Tina Manley, ASMP, NPPA >>>> http://www.tinamanley.com >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Leica Users Group. >>>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >>>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Leica Users Group. >>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >>> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >