Trip to New Orleans 2005

Pictures taken on a post-Katrina trip to New Orleans. When you talk to residents, most seem to say the same thing, "This is nothing. You should have seen it a month ago."

Coming up on the Superdome.

The New Orleans Superdome after Katrina.

Site where the flood wall breached during Hurricane Katrina. There was a house there.

Temporary repairs to flood wall after it breached during Hurricane Katrina.

Damage to one high-rise building after Hurricane Katrina.

Either a Hyatt or Hilton downtown on Poydras Street where tourists were holed up for days after Katrina.

Damage to small strip mall after Katrina.

Katrina damage to two-story building.

New Orleans downtown streets are empty. Electricity still not restored to most of the city.

Empty streets, Central Business District, New Orleans.

House destroyed by flooding during Katrina.

One of many New Orleans' area neighborhoods decimated by Hurricane Katrina.

House destroyed by flooding during Katrina.

House destroyed in Katrina flooding.

House lifted off its foundation and destroyed during flooding after flood wall breached.

More Katrina destruction.

Another neighborhood decimated during Katrina.

Cars floated away and were deposited all over.

A lot of cars and debris have been picked up, but many still remain.

More Katrina damage.

Picture from devastated and mostly empoverished Lower 9th Ward after Katrina.

Picture from devastated and mostly empoverished Lower 9th Ward after Katrina.

Signs fill street corners for house "gutting" and mold removal.

Some people are now living in trailers; others in tent cities like this one.

The military has set up makeshift hospitals around the area while electricity and infrastructure is restored.

Military trucks, such as this one, are a common sight.

Residents getting food from the Red Cross.

Disaster Relief Center sign.

Painted information is on every residential home. The number indicates how many bodies were found in the home. Rescuers were unable to take the bodies during rescue efforts, so homes were marked so they could be collected later.

Paint indicate where animals were found so volunteers from SPCA could rescue them later.

Some shops are reopening, primarily in the French Quarter which was spared the brunt of the flooding.

Sign outside famous Cafe du Monde: "Beignets are back."

Some people enjoying Cafe du Monde's world famous beignets. Usually people wait for a table on a weekend afternoon.

St. Charles Avenue

Picture from the "Causeway." At 33km (25mi), the Causeway is the world's largest bridge.

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