Even though I have already touched on this subject, I had to revisit it on the 10th Anniversary of Hurricane Katrina.
There are lots of events going on in New Orleans itself and many programs airing on television. ABC in particular had one last Sunday night, that my Husband watched.
With all that going on, I just wanted to acknowledge again, the fact that New Orleans is not back to normal and will probably never be.
The best they can figure, over 100 thousand residents of NOLA never returned to the city. Many of them made Houston their home and who could blame them.
I have a work friend whose family were there and only his brother and another member returned. The remainder are happy in Houston and just go visit occasionally.
It is hard to attempt to rebuild a life, when the city is still so vulnerable to flooding.
The way the residents were treated, was another major thorn in the side of the citizens of New Orleans. The City that care forgot, is one of the names that New Orleans goes by now days.
I am glad that they have brought back much of the city, but so much remains to be done, as I found out first hand and wrote about HERE.
My best to those who have managed to rebuild and I hope some sort of improvements are being made, so that this never happens again.
Photo taken from The French Quarter, looking toward the areas that flooded, including the Lower 9th Ward.
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