{"id":7923,"date":"2007-08-29T19:45:19","date_gmt":"2007-08-30T00:45:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/2007\/08\/29\/nola-after-hurricane-katrina-two-y"},"modified":"2011-08-05T14:53:44","modified_gmt":"2011-08-05T18:53:44","slug":"nola-after-hurricane-katrina-two-years-treading-water","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/2007\/08\/29\/nola-after-hurricane-katrina-two-years-treading-water\/","title":{"rendered":"NOLA after Hurricane Katrina: two years treading water"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote><p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/files\/2007\/08\/floodtreen.jpg\" \/>  Two years ago today, Hurricane Katrina struck the Gulf Coast, including the City of New Orleans, Louisiana. Americans have found many ways to remember our nation&#8217;s worst natural disaster and the bureaucratic, municipal and personal disasters that continue in its wake, as the rest of us continue our lives.If you&#8217;re looking for some thoughtful commentary and coverage of the two-year anniversary, you might try National Public Radio&#8217;s week-long series, &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.npr.org\/templates\/story\/story.php?storyId=14009721\">The Katrina Effect,Two Years Later: Katrian&#8217;s Legacy<\/a>&#8220;,&#8221; where &#8220;NPR reports on the state of efforts to rebuild homes, towns and lives.&#8221; Interesting features include:<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<ul>\n<li>&#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.npr.org\/templates\/story\/story.php?storyId=14031894\">New Orleans Suffers Crisis in Mental Health Care<\/a>&#8220;from <em>All Things Considered<\/em>.  (did you know New Orleans Parish had 240 hospital psychiatric beds before Katrina, and only 30 now?)<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.npr.org\/templates\/story\/story.php?storyId=14019162\">President Bush Marks Hurricane Katrina Anniversary<\/a>&#8221; (Aug. 29, 2007) &#8211; shall we say, not without controversy?<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.npr.org\/templates\/story\/story.php?storyId=14026456\">Has America &#8216;Abandoned&#8217; New Orleans?<\/a>&#8221; At <em>Talk of the Nation<\/em>, August 29, 2007, people are focusing on historian Douglas Brinkley&#8217;s op\/ed piece, &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wp-dyn\/content\/article\/2007\/08\/24\/AR2007082401209.html\">Reckless Abandonment<\/a>&#8221; (<em>Washington Post<\/em>, Aug. 26, 2007)  explains why he feels that New Orleans is a case of &#8220;reckless abandonment.&#8221; Brinkley argues that the government&#8217;s &#8220;<em>policy of inaction<\/em>&#8221; may set a dangerous precedent for future disasters, saying: &#8220;Let&#8217;s, for once, put New Orleans on the front burner. After all, Katrina exposed all the ills of urban America &#8212; endemic poverty, institutionalized racism, failing public schools and much more. New Orleans is just a microcosm of Newark and Detroit and hundreds of other troubled urban locales. How we deal with New Orleans&#8217; future will tell us a lot about our nation&#8217;s future.&#8221;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<blockquote>\n<blockquote><p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/files\/2007\/08\/greatdelugebrinkley.jpg\" \/>  For lots more on this topic, read Brinkley&#8217;s book &#8220;<em><a href=\"http:\/\/books.google.com\/books?id=gxNlbTCdr5kC&amp;dq=&amp;pg=PP1&amp;ots=cx_uA71PWQ&amp;sig=QgZR_Iog8CJ_AR0s0_icox5bgHs&amp;prev=http:\/\/www.google.com\/search%3Fq%3D%2522The%2BGreat%2BDeluge%253A%2BHurricane%2BKatrina%252C%2BNew%2BOrleans%2Band%2Bthe%2BMississippi%2BGulf%2BCoast%2522%26ie%3Dutf-8%26oe%3Dutf-8%26aq%3Dt%26rls%3Dorg.mozilla:en-US:official%26client%3Dfirefox-a&amp;sa=X&amp;oi=print&amp;ct=title\">The Great Deluge: Hurricane Katrina, New Orleans and the Mississippi Gulf Coast<\/a><\/em>.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n<ul>\n<li>At <em>Blog of the Nation<\/em>, you can join the talk on whether we&#8217;re\/they&#8217;re &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.npr.org\/blogs\/talk\/2007\/08\/running_in_place_in_nola_1.html\">Running in Place in NOLA<\/a>&#8221; (At <em>Blog of the Nation<\/em> (Aug 29, 2007), in the efforts to rebuild New Orleans.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>This morning, <a href=\"http:\/\/magnapoets.typepad.com\/magnapoets_japanese_form\/2007\/08\/months-later-he.html\">a tanka<\/a> (5-line Japanese-form poem) by Janet Lynn Davis <a href=\"http:\/\/magnapoets.typepad.com\/magnapoets_japanese_form\/2007\/08\/months-later-he.html\">at Magnapoets JF weblog<\/a>, reminded me that I really wanted to recall what I was feeling two years ago as the Katrina disaster unfolded.  <a href=\"http:\/\/magnapoets.typepad.com\/magnapoets_japanese_form\/2007\/08\/waving-from-roo.html\">Re-posting<\/a> some of the poems I wrote at the time was an eye-opener, but reading my weblog commentary was even more of a reminder of shared humanity and disappointment in our government.  I&#8217;m going to reprint my posting of September 1, 2007 again today, together with a happier one that featured the words and poems of Prof. David G. Lanoue of Xavier University of New Orleans, talking of his return to his home in February 2006.  <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/david-g-lanoue-archive\/\">David Lanoue<\/a> is one of our Honored Guest Poets, and is much-acclaimed for the 8000 translations he has made of the poems of Japanese Haiku Master <a href=\"http:\/\/haikuguy.com\/issa\/\">Kobayashi Issa<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><font face=\"Arial\"><font size=\"2\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/files\/2007\/08\/floodtree.gif\" \/><\/font><\/font><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/2005\/09\/02\/gw-the-checks-in-the-maelstrom\/\"><strong>GW: &#8220;the check&#8217;s in the mael(strom)&#8221;<\/strong><\/a> (originally published Sept. 1, 2005)<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<blockquote><\/blockquote>\n<p><font face=\"Arial\"><font size=\"2\">      Haiku is rarely about politics or anger (on the surface at least).  Neither is its<\/font><\/font><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"> cousin <em>senryu<\/em>, which focuses on human nature.  Usually, that&#8217;s fine with me,<\/font><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"> but today it leaves me frustrated, as I put together this pre-holiday weblog<\/font><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"> posting. (&#8220;<\/font><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/wp-admin\/Despair%20and%20Lawlessness%20Grip%20New%20Orleans\"><font color=\"#000000\" face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">Death and Lawlessness Grip New Orleans<\/font><\/a><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">,&#8221; <\/font><em>NYT<\/em>, Sept. 2, 2005)<\/p>\n<blockquote><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">Like <\/font><a href=\"http:\/\/althouse.blogspot.com\/2005\/09\/katrina-politics.html#comments\"><font color=\"#000000\" face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">Prof. Althouse<\/font><\/a><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">, I <em>try <\/em>to be evenhanded, even when looking at people whose<\/font><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"> politics are far different from my own.  Of course, evacuation and rescue could<\/font><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"> not have been performed in a day.  But, I must say that those who want us <\/font><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">to believe that this Administration simply has a public relations problem with<\/font><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"> the Katrina Aftermath &#8212; that the President simply hasn&#8217;t found the right words <\/font><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">yet &#8212; are cutting Mr. Bush far too much slack.<\/font><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"> Unfortunately, I believe that the<\/font><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"> President&#8217;s response to Katrina shows all to well both his willingness to mistake <\/font><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">his intended outcomes for reality and his tendency to use wishful thinking and<\/font><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"> rosy scenarios instead of the truth when speaking to the American people.  More <\/font><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">important, I believe the lack of sufficient planning to deal with unevacuated New<\/font><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"> Orleans residents who happen to be very poor and also black shows an inability <\/font><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">to empathize with their plight (in normal times or times of crisis).  (See <em>NYT<\/em>,<\/font><font face=\"Arial\"><font size=\"2\"> &#8220;<\/font><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2005\/09\/02\/opinion\/02krugman.html?ex=1283313600&amp;en=3bad12fcbf7ee0ae&amp;ei=5090&amp;partner=rssuserland&amp;emc=rss\"><font size=\"2\">A Can&#8217;t-Do-Government<\/font><\/a><font size=\"2\">,&#8221; by Paul <font face=\"Arial\">Krugman, Sept. 2, 2005).<\/font><\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><font face=\"Arial\"><span><span><\/span><\/span><\/font> <\/font><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><\/font> <font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><\/font><\/font> <font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><\/p>\n<li>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><font><font face=\"Times New Roman\"><em>by <\/em><\/font><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/stories\/storyReader$3281\"><font color=\"#000000\" face=\"Times New Roman\"><strong><em>dagosan<\/em><\/strong><\/font><\/a><font face=\"Times New Roman\"><em> (a work in progress):  <\/em><\/font><\/font><span><span><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><font face=\"Verdana\"> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/media-cyber.law.harvard.edu\/blogs\/static\/ethicalesq\/wrongwaysmN.jpg\" alt=\"wrong way smN\" \/><\/font><\/font><\/span><\/span><\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<p><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/ul>\n<blockquote>\n<blockquote><p><font size=\"2\"><font face=\"Arial\">waving from rooftops \u2013<br \/>\nanother party<br \/>\nin the French Quarter?<\/font><\/font><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><font size=\"2\"><font face=\"Arial\">convention center \u2014<\/font><\/font><br \/>\n<font size=\"2\"><font face=\"Arial\">potty parity<\/font><\/font><br \/>\n<font size=\"2\"><font face=\"Arial\">in New Orleans<\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<blockquote><p><font size=\"2\"><font face=\"Arial\"><br \/>\n<\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><font size=\"2\"><font face=\"Arial\">two days  <\/font><\/font><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><font face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" size=\"1\"><em><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/files\/2007\/08\/floodcityg.gif\" \/> <\/em><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><br \/>\n<font size=\"2\"><font face=\"Arial\">after the hurricane \u2013<\/font><\/font><br \/>\n<font size=\"2\"><font face=\"Arial\">tears for strangers<\/font><\/font><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><font size=\"2\"><font face=\"Arial\">treading water:<br \/>\n\u201ckeep your chin up\u201d<br \/>\nthe President says<\/font><\/font><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" align=\"left\"><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><font face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" size=\"1\"><em>[Sept. 2, 2005]<\/em><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote><p><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"> <\/font><\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" align=\"left\"><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"> <\/font><\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"> <\/font><\/p>\n<p><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/files\/2007\/08\/floodtree.gif\" \/> I wish a safe and pleasant Labor Day weekend to all of f\/k\/a&#8217;s friends and visitors &#8212; but I hope that Katrina Fatigue won&#8217;t <\/font><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">put its victims out of the minds of the lucky ones who <\/font><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">only<\/font><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"> know the aftermath from tv or the internet.   Everything should <\/font><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">look at little different this year.<\/font><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/media-cyber.law.harvard.edu\/blogs\/static\/ethicalesq\/LanoueSelf.gif\" alt=\"LanoueSelf\" \/>  <\/font>&#8220;<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/2006\/02\/17\/one-haijins-return-to-new-orleans-david-lanoue\/\">one haijin&#8217;s return to New Orleans: David Lanoue<\/a><\/strong>&#8221;  (originally published, Feb. 17, 2006)<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<blockquote><p><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">Yesterday, I asked <\/font><a href=\"http:\/\/www.xula.edu\/english\/faculty.html\"><font color=\"#000000\" face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">professor<\/font><\/a><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">&#8211;<\/font><a href=\"http:\/\/www.worldhaiku.net\/poetry\/eng\/us\/d.lanoue.htm\"><font color=\"#000000\" face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">poet<\/font><\/a><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">&#8211;<\/font><a href=\"http:\/\/haikuguy.com\/\"><font color=\"#000000\" face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">author<\/font><\/a><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">&#8211;<\/font><a href=\"http:\/\/haikuguy.com\/issa\/aboutme.html\"><font color=\"#000000\" face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">translator<\/font><\/a><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"> <\/font><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/2004\/06\/03#a1610\"><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">David Lanoue<\/font><\/a><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"> if he<\/font><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"> would share his reactions to returning to New Orleans with us.  Here,<\/font><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"> unedited, <\/font><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">is his reply, including a few haiku\/senryu on the subject:<\/font><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><strong><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><em>From David Lanoue, Feb. 15, 2006:<\/em><\/font><\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">her pen dries up<\/font><br \/>\n<font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">she blames<\/font><br \/>\n<font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">Katrina<\/font><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">New Orleans is a tale of two cities. I live Uptown, which didn&#8217;t flood<\/font> seriously for the most part and is now a thriving area. The main signs of<\/font><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"> Katrina are the absence of the St. Charles streetcar (expected to be back in<\/font><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"> service by this December), the absense of many trees (the shady avenue isn&#8217;t<\/font><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"> as shady as it once was), and the presence of legions of Mexicans pounding<\/font><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"> on rooftops and hauling trash. I&#8217;m getting plenty of practice speaking<\/font><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"> Spanish.<\/font><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><font size=\"-0\"> <\/font><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><font size=\"-0\"><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">after the hurricane  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/files\/2007\/08\/floodtree.gif\" \/><\/font><br \/>\n<font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">the shady avenue<\/font><br \/>\n<font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">isn&#8217;t<\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<blockquote><\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><font size=\"-0\"> <\/font><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">My worst Katrina complaint is that my landlady raised our rent +$500. But I<\/font><br \/>\ncount myself very, very lucky. I have friends and colleagues who lost jobs<br \/>\n<\/font><font size=\"-0\">possessions, and homes.<br \/>\n<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">The other city is grim indeed: vast swaths of neighborhoods lie vacant,<\/font> trashed, molding, unlivable. I have friends living in FEMA trailers and <\/font><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">holing up in the upstairs rooms of houses with gutted first floors. The <\/font><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">feeling in those neighborhoods is depressing, desolate. And the looting <\/font><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">continues. <\/font><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><font size=\"-0\"><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">                                                                                          <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/media-cyber.law.harvard.edu\/blogs\/static\/ethicalesq\/floodCityN.gif\" alt=\"floodCityN\" \/><\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<p><font size=\"-0\"> <\/font><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">One of my friends was all set to move into her new FEMA trailer <\/font><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">yesterday, when she discovered that someone had stolen the electric meter <\/font><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">(with no neighbors around, it&#8217;s hard for the first returners to get a foothold). <\/font><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">But she&#8217;s happy to &#8220;have&#8221; a trailer. Months ago, one was put in her yard by a <\/font><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">FEMA contractor, and the trailor was stolen before she ever saw it. (Or, the <\/font><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">contractor lied about delivering it; you decide who to believe.)<\/font><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><font size=\"-0\"> <\/font><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<blockquote><p> <font size=\"-0\"><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">the city recovers<br \/>\nrestaurant<br \/>\nby restaurant<\/font><\/font><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><font size=\"-0\"><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"> <\/font><\/font><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><font size=\"-0\"><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">The most hopeful sign of life and rebuilding is the return of the university <\/font><\/font><font size=\"-0\"><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">students: to Tulane, Xavier (where I teach), Loyola, SUNO&#8230; With their <\/font><\/font><font size=\"-0\"><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">return&#8211;blessed legions of kids with backpacks on bicycles&#8211;more restaurants <\/font><\/font><font size=\"-0\"><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">are reopening; more coffee houses are extending their hours. The students <\/font><\/font><font size=\"-0\"><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">are consumers and they supply the workforce of waiters and dish washers <\/font><\/font><font size=\"-0\"><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">(which, by the way, is a high-paying job these days, given the labor <\/font><\/font><font size=\"-0\"><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">shortage).<\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<blockquote>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><font size=\"-0\"><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"> <\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<p><font size=\"-0\"><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"> <\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><font size=\"-0\"><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/media-cyber.law.harvard.edu\/blogs\/static\/ethicalesq\/MardiGrasG.gif\" alt=\"MardiGrasG\" \/><\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<p><font size=\"-0\"><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"> <\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><font size=\"-0\"><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">                            <\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><font size=\"-0\"> <\/font><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><font size=\"-0\"><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">Everyone&#8217;s hoping for a monumental Mardi Gras. Having lived here 25 years,<\/font><\/font><br \/>\n<font size=\"-0\"><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">I&#8217;d grown jaded to Carnival in recent years, seizing the opportunity of days <\/font><\/font><br \/>\n<font size=\"-0\"><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">off to travel elsewhere. This year&#8217;s different. I plan to attend every <\/font><\/font><font size=\"-0\"><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">parade; to party in the French Quarter till dawn; to shake the hands of, or <\/font><\/font><font size=\"-0\"><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">plant a kiss on, every out-of-towner I can grab. The City of New Orleans is <\/font><\/font><font size=\"-0\"><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">open for business. Come on down!<\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><font size=\"-0\"><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">blown away by the hurricane<\/font><\/font><br \/>\n<font size=\"-0\"><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">every stripper<\/font><\/font><br \/>\n<font size=\"-0\"><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">I knew<\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<blockquote><p><font size=\"-0\"><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"> <\/font><\/font><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><font size=\"-0\"><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><em>&#8211; all poems by<\/em> <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/2004\/06\/03#a1610\"><strong><font color=\"#ff0000\">David G. Lanoue<\/font><\/strong><\/a><\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><font size=\"-0\"><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"> <\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote>\n<blockquote><p> <font size=\"-0\"><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"> <\/font><\/font><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><font size=\"-0\"><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/files\/2007\/08\/floodcityg.gif\" \/> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/cyber.law.harvard.edu\/blogs\/static\/ethicalesq\/tinycheck.gif\" alt=\"tiny check\" \/> His <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ernietheattorney.net\/ernie_the_attorney\/katrina\/index.html\">coverage<\/a> of Hurricane Katrina and its aftermath in<\/font><\/font><font size=\"-0\"><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"> New Orleans has made <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ernietheattorney.net\/ernie_the_attorney\/\">Ernie the Attorney<\/a> Svenson <\/font><\/font><font size=\"-0\"><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">and his weblog even more renown.  Here&#8217;s my plea to<\/font><\/font><font size=\"-0\"><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"> David Lanoue to put up a weblog and regularly share<\/font><\/font><font size=\"-0\"><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"> his thoughts and poetry on the rebirth of New Orleans<\/font><\/font><font size=\"2\"><font face=\"Arial\"> <\/font><\/font>with his friends and fans in the haijin community.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Let me leave you on this two-year anniversary of Hurricane Katrina with three poems by <a href=\"http:\/\/haikuguy.com\/issa\/\">Master Issa<\/a>, translated by <a href=\"http:\/\/haikuguy.com\/issa\/aboutme.html\">David G. Lanoue<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">in the mud<br \/>\nafter the flood, one rose<br \/>\nof Sharon<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<blockquote><p>in the flood<br \/>\nits karma is strong&#8230;<br \/>\nflying locust<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote>\n<blockquote>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">evening moon&#8211; <font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/cyber.law.harvard.edu\/blogs\/static\/ethicalesq\/katydid2.jpg\" alt=\"katydid\" \/><\/font><br \/>\nsurviving the flood<br \/>\na katydid<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/files\/2007\/08\/katrina2jacksonsqnyt.jpg\" \/>  <strong><em>update<\/em><\/strong>: Aug. 30, 20007:  Today&#8217;s article by Adam Nossiter for the <em>New York Times<\/em> article, &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2007\/08\/30\/us\/nationalspecial\/30katrina.html?ex=1346126400&amp;en=20b792038c28942a&amp;ei=5090&amp;partner=rssuserland&amp;emc=rss\">Commemorations for a City 2 Years After Storm<\/a>&#8221; (<em>NYT<\/em>, Aug. 30, 2007), dated-lined New Orleans, begins &#8220;This city remembered Hurricane Katrina\u2019s second anniversary Wednesday with sadness, hurt and flashes of anger over a recovery that has returned it to only a portion of its former self.&#8221;  It captures a variety of moods with brief quotes from many residents of New Orleans.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><strong>See <\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/shanegilreath.blogspot.com\/\">Shane Gilreath<\/a>&#8216;s commemorative Katrina haiga <a href=\"http:\/\/magnapoets.typepad.com\/magnapoets_japanese_form\/2007\/08\/katrina.html\">at <em>MagnaPoetsJF<\/em><\/a>.\u00a0\u00a0 <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/files\/2007\/08\/katrinagilreath.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<blockquote><\/blockquote>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<blockquote><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Two years ago today, Hurricane Katrina struck the Gulf Coast, including the City of New Orleans, Louisiana. 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