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October 16, 2005

Post Katrina Pictures - Slidell and Hwy 11

If you've been a reader here for a while, you'll know that I recently returned from a trip down to Slidell and New Orleans Louisiana to help family members begin the process of putting their lives back together. I'm still working on reducing the video that I took into a manageable size for the web and editing out all the useless garbage, but I thought I'd just get started and put some pictures up.

First, we have a small video of Hwy 11 leading to Lake Ponchatrain. This stretch of Hwy 11 leads into the marshlands on the North Shore of the lake. On the right side of the Hwy are a series of "camps". "Camps" in this sense are essentially homes built on pilings driven into the marsh. The intense winds reduced many of these homes to piles of matchsticks. The vid is a little shaky as I was simply holding my digital camera out of the window of the truck I was driving. So please forgive if it jumps around a bit.

Post Katrina Hwy 11 Video. (MPG Video-17 megs)

Next are just a series of pictures from different locations in Slidell and New Orleans, I'll put a brief caption, but I just want to get these out there while I'm still working on the narrative of the entire trip. Click the on the pictures for a larger image.

Collection of Matchsticks (people's homes) in Eden Isles on the outskirts of Slidell (Keep in mind these pictures were taken 1 month after the storm was over)

Image shows the waterline in downtown Slidell.

More Slidell images.

Here's a series of Images from Hwy 11.

I just want to reiterate that these images were shot a full month after the Hurricane's passage, 2 days after New Orleans East and many other areas of the city were opened. I'll be posting more video and images over the next few days, so if you're interested, please check back. Next up, Abramson High School.

--Jason

Posted by JasonColeman at October 16, 2005 12:44 PM