Edit: By the way: The top photo was taken in June of this year. The bottom one was taken during the time of the news story (June 28). These are recent photos.
A blog recently interviewed a person caught out in the heart of where Hurricane Katrina struckApparently, to recieve FEMA aid, you had to knowingly sign away your rights to speak with the media on conditions in NOLA. Well, regardless to say, even if you don't read the article, they're still horrible. It's nice to know we have a 3rd world country displacing our own citizens who once lived productive lives less than a thousand miles away from a lot of us <3
"People have no idea how out of control things are down here….I mean really unbelievably out of control…."
And of course, a news story that kinda lightens up the mood... right?
New Orleans, one year later: Still a disaster
To the list of daily aggravations in the new New Orleans, add one that augments the heat, spoils the food and drains the cash register: power failures.
Ten months after Hurricane Katrina, the city still does not have a reliable electrical system. Hundreds of millions of dollars’ worth of repairs are still needed on a system devastated by flooding, the local utility is in bankruptcy and less than half the system’s prestorm customers have returned. Of those who have, many have endured hot and sleepless nights with no air-conditioning.
“How do you expect the city to recover when you don’t have a reliable source of electrical power?” asked Robert Harmon, an engineering consultant in the Bywater neighborhood.
Regular power failures. Hmm... what other city has regular power failures? Oh yeah. Baghdad.
And no, that is not a picture from Baghdad.
