Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/11/01
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Sonny, Thanks for this eye witness report. Philippe > From: "SonC@aol.com" <SonC@aol.com> > Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug@leica-users.org> > Date: Tue, 1 Nov 2005 14:19:50 EST > To: <lug@leica-users.org> > Subject: [Leica] Hurricane Rita Postscript > > Hurricane Rita blew into the gulf coast and scared lots of people. I'm > not > too easily scared by storms, as I covered several of the back in my > folly-ridden youth when I thought I was invincible, and shot newsfilm for > TV. > But I > am older now, approaching codger-ship and after seeing what Katrina did > to my > former home of New Orleans, I began to worry. > > The set of pictures in this little essay do not show a big disaster, and > as > you will see, I did not travel any during the storm, but I hope you get > some > sense of what it can be like. > > Remember, these storms have not gone away for thousands of people, and in > Louisiana, no matter what anyone says, we're paying a price for Rita and > Katrina that no amount of aid can fix. > > http://www.sonc.com/rita_came/ > > > Regards, > Sonny > http://www.sonc.com > Natchitoches, Louisiana > Oldest continuous settlement in La Louisiane > ?galit?, libert?, crawfish > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >