[Leica] Another 18 photos from the Lower 9th Ward

[jsmith342 at cox.net (Jeffery Smith)]

In Mississippi, the storm surge (a wall of water) wiped everything near the
shore completely off the face of the land. All people could find was their
slab foundation. During Katrina, a lot of damage in New Orleans was from the
wind. The wind wiped out the entire power grid of Entergy, and it took a
month to get it up and running in my neighborhood (the least affected
because of the lack of trees). It was conventional wisdom that brick houses
are safe, but Katrina knocked down brick buildings and brick walls along
with roofs. Cinderblock walls fared better. Then came the slow rising of
water on the east bank and in New Orleans east, and a massive deluge of
water in the lower 9th ward. Most of the destruction I've been shooting has
been from the two deluges of water in the Lower 9th Ward, first with
Katrina, and then again 3 weeks later with Rita. I have no idea of how deep
it got, but it was enough to lift buildings, float them some distance, and
then deposit them on top of cars.

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 Frank
Dernie
Sent: Monday, February 06, 2006 2:01 AM
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Subject: Re: [Leica] Another 18 photos from the Lower 9th Ward


PMFJI there was a programme on the BBC last week about Katrina both  
the predictions the reality and plans for the future. As you may  
expect there were many conflicting opinions. I gained the impression  
that the worst damage was caused by the violence of the surge of  
water when the levees failed. Certainly your pictures of houses  
washed off their foundations gives credibility to this. I am very  
ignorant about hurricanes but could is the difference between Camille  
and Katrina not just the geographical vulnerability of New Orleans  
and where Katerina hit rather than the intensity compared to Camille?  
Can a hurricane blow houses off their foundation without flooding? Keep up
the good work with the pictures. Frank

On 5 Feb, 2006, at 22:45, Jeffery Smith wrote:

> Nobody ever thought that there could be a hurricane worse than
> Camille.
> There were buildings that withstood Camille that were totally  
> destroyed by
> Katrina. I guess we should expect a new era of worse storms.
>
> Jeffery Smith
> New Orleans, LA
> http://www.400tx.com


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