by Tamra Walthall D.V.M.
On Monday August 29 Hurricane Katrina slammed into the
Mississippi coast. The backwash from that storm flushed a barge through
the levy holding Lake Ponchatran, flooding New Orleans.
Nearly 1000 people died. New Orleans will never
be the same.
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Scenes of devastation were in every neighborhood
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See the cat on the car? (click for closer view) |
Cars were everywhere, in the medians, alleyways and trees. |
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I have often enjoyed going to New Orleans for meetings. I was there last January for the National Pony Club meeting.
Canal Street last January 2005 |
January '05, in a French Quarter restaurant with friends |
Sheridan Hotel, and Canal street today |
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