Canal Street
Canal was the spine of the city of New Orleans. The median was always busy - people crossing it and walking along it, cars making illegal U-turns across it, and most of all streetcars named 'Canal' and 'Cemeteries' going up and down it and trying not to hit the people and cars. I took these two pictures because seeing the median filled for miles with car after car - all put there before the hurricane so that they would be maybe a foot higher if downtown flooded - was at that point very shocking to me.

Canal Street

Marigny
I was driving through the Marigny to drop off a letter at the house of a friend whom I hadn't been able to contact. I saw this house at the corner of Rampart and Piety. (Where else but New Orleans would you have that intersection?) On the red door in white letters the owner painted, 'YOU ENTER YOU WILL DIE.'

Loyola Avenue
After the flooding and evacuation, there were dedicated groups of saints who went building-by-building to look in on any people or pets who were left behind. They would paint brief messages on the fronts of houses and buildings to let other workers know the situation there. Mostly it was a date and 'dog,' 'cat,' or something like that. I took the picture because in the middle of the house, between the stairs, someone sprayed, '9/23 1 Dog - Fed/Cute.'

St. Charles Avenue
Facing south across St. Charles - the intersection is Milan or Marengo.

St. Charles Avenue
Facing the southeast corner of St. Charles and Napoleon.

Napoleon Avenue
Napoleon & Saratoga - the refrigerators read, 'Free Food' and 'Hot Meals & Water.'

2735 Napoleon Avenue
This was my new apartment - spacious one bedroom, hardwood, dish-washer, air-conditioning. The brown line six inches below the balcony is the high-water mark.

2735 Napoleon Avenue
The apartment on the bottom there with the nice balcony is mine.

2735 Napoleon Avenue, Apt. 2
I took this picture of the inside of my Napoleon apartment just in case I had to prove something to FEMA later. It's dark because the apartment didn't have power then. My parents dropped by in February (four months later) and said that it still didn't have power. That's Louisiana for you.