[Leica] Divided D-76, and the lower 9th ward

[jsmith342 at cox.net (Jeffery Smith)]

I'll see what the weather is doing tomorrow afternoon. The next time, I'll
wear rubber boots.

Jeffery Smith
New Orleans, LA
http://www.400tx.com




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[mailto:lug-bounces+jsmith342=cox.net@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of Steve
Barbour
Sent: Saturday, January 21, 2006 8:58 PM
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Subject: Re: [Leica] Divided D-76, and the lower 9th ward



On Jan 21, 2006, at 7:37 PM, Jeffery Smith wrote:

> It was very difficult. In the back of my mind was "Am I done...can
> I go
> now?"  If it were not in my back yard, it would have been easy. But  
> I've
> driven through the lower 9th ward hundreds of times. To see it  
> demolished is
> difficult. Some houses were still intact. Others were falling to  
> pieces.
> Some were completely removed from their piers. Some sat in the  
> middle of the
> street. But everything was a total loss.

the current national fiction is that it's being rebuilt, and all is  
going well...

you have the opportunity to document reality.


Steve



> I'm happy to say that I didn't see
> any spray-painted symbols indicating that bodies had been removed
> (that is
> indicated with a circle with an "X" through it and the number of  
> bodies
> written between the legs of the "X". But I did see written  
> indications of
> pet bodies having been found, mostly cats. I had difficulty  
> reaching the
> huge barge that went through the breach in the levee.
>
> Jeffery Smith
> New Orleans, LA
> http://www.400tx.com
>
> There is a huge chore in documenting this horrid and sad thing.   
> Making it
> your own photographically.  I cannot imagine being able to, any   
> more than I
> can
> imagine getting a fresh view of the Vatican.
>
>
>
>
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