Archive for January, 2006
Alice T: "I was left there for a reason, to help out."
.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px DSCN1158, originally uploaded by BenTG. On January 27, I talked to Alice T about her experiences during Hurricane Katrina. We were in her FEMA trailer, adjacent to her East Biloxi home on Anglada St. Alice ...Read more.
Outside Miss TT's House
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Miss TT
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Mold
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Inside Miss TT's House
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Miss TT
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Finally Real WiFi
This is the first time I’ve had high speed internet access since I’ve been in Mississippi and Louisiana. I have a few hours here at the Rue De La Course café in the Carrollton neighborhood of New Orleans. I should now be able to deal with more of my photos and fix the ones that ...Read more.
Gerry Hall: "…out here was worse than New Orleans."
Last night, I interviewed Mrs. Gerry Hall, 72 years old, African American native of New Orleans, who has lived in the house that she owns in the Upper Ninth Ward for forty years. The house flooded badly and was then further ruined by mold. One of Mrs. Hall’s daughters, Violetta, has been living on the ...Read more.
Day 2: Bay St. Louis, Diamondhead, Gulfport, Longbeach, Pass Christian (Outline Version)
I was in the middle of writing about Day 2 last night, but it got very late, so here’s the outline of what I did yesterday (1/23). Today I should have some more time to catch up on writing and, if I can get on high speed internet access, posting many more photos. Mid morning ...Read more.
Day 1: Arriving In Gulfport/Intro to the Gulf Coast
Yesterday (1/22), I got into Gulfport later than planned: my connecting flight from Atlanta to Gulfport was delayed, and I had to change my car rental because of some problems I had with my original reservation. I was fortunate that Gayle Tart met me at the airport, because I don’t know if I would have ...Read more.
