Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/10/01
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Wow, Chris, it's amazing to see cool detached pictures of the damage. I've been to that Copeland's, for example, finally a frame of reference outside of the convention center. You've got a lot of work to do, looks like. Best, Bill ----- Original Message ----- From: "Chris Williams" <zoeica1@yahoo.com> To: <lug@leica-users.org> Cc: <forum@leica-users.org> Sent: Saturday, October 01, 2005 3:34 PM Subject: [Leica] Getting back into New Orleans > We arrived Tuesday night at the New Orleans Parish checkpoint. NOPD would > not let us back in though the National Guard would. So we stayed the night > and attempted to get in Wednesday morning. National Guard again let us > through but not the NOPD. We went to Kinko's to print up business > letterheads which the NOPD told us would work to get back in. By the way, > the NOPD continually played "Bad Boys" in the cars all through Tuesday > night. National Guard calls them the NO-PD. > > Anyway, we made it through another National Guard checkpoint without any > problems and then drove to our house. It had been 4 weeks since we've seen > it. > > Here are some photos I took of the fire on our block just 1 house away > from us. We were extremely lucky. Only some smoke and water damage. > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/Weddings > > All Leica books now sitting pretty in an AC storage in FL. > > Big thanks to the National Guard, New Orleans would have been lost without > them. > > Chris > New Orleans > www.zoeicaimages.com > > > > > > --------------------------------- > Yahoo! for Good > Click here to donate to the Hurricane Katrina relief effort. > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information