Recent city photos

Many of you expressed interest in seeing photos of the city. These are some recent pictures we took as we drove through the Lakeview section. Remember, this is a full three months after the hurricane. These shots are only a block or two from the breach in the 17th Street canal. Flood waters moved not only cars, but also brick houses. The home above is smashed against the neighbor's home.

This is the house directly across the street from the breach. You can see how the waters tore off a corner of the home. Note the water line left behind from two weeks of standing water.
Here is a car left hanging on a wooden fence.

Below is what would be a street. It is covered in mud. An older, wooden home lies fully across the street, having been floated from off of its foundations.

Here's an interesting shot of a small shrimp boat. I have no idea how it got here, since a low bridge blocks the lake, where it must have been docked, from the canal. A car can be seen in the middle of a lawn. Many folks returned to their homes to find vehicles that aren't theirs sitting on their properties, or in their bedrooms.

This sailboat ended up in a small reflecting pond in West End Park.

Boats lie on top of boats out at the marina.

Here's what is left of our historic old light house. Still operational, I loved hearing the horn blasting out on those foggy nights.