10 Responses to “Four Years Ago Today”

1. An Unhappy Anniversary: NOLA Four Years After the Katrina Levee Breaches « This So-Called Post-Post-Racial Life Writes:
   August 31st, 2009 at 3:22 am

   [...] Sometimes, photographs speak louder than words; [...]

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2. Renee Writes:
   August 31st, 2009 at 8:18 am

   I was kind of startled by the lack of commentary on Hurricane Katrina throughout the blogosphere as well as in the MSM. I know that the funeral of Teddy Kennedy was a big deal but considering that almost 2000 people died one would think that this would be an anniversary worth remembering. I wrote a post for my blog but it broke my heart to see the day go by without much critical thought. It brought home the fact that the race divide is still present, after all, many of the survivors were of color.

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3. RonF Writes:
   August 31st, 2009 at 12:50 pm

   It brought home the fact that the race divide is still present, after all, many of the survivors were of color.

   How does this follow?

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4. Elusis Writes:
   August 31st, 2009 at 6:49 pm

   Mark Growden performed his Katrina remembrance “The Gates” at the Monsters of Accordion show in SF on the 29th. The song always gets me but it was particularly painful on that day. (video is from a different performance last year).

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5. Myca Writes:
   August 31st, 2009 at 6:53 pm

   Mark Growden performed his Katrina remembrance “The Gates” at the Monsters of Accordion show in SF on the 29th.

   Wait, you were at that show? Holy crap! I’m a huge Jason Webley fan, we were at the show last year, and just missed attending this year because it was too damn hot to think.

   Neat!

   —Myca

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6. Julie Herds Cats Writes:
   August 31st, 2009 at 7:49 pm

   I think I have some photos from December ‘05 from the Lower 9th lying around somewhere.

   The second photo truly — even in all it’s horrific horror — doesn’t do justice to just how smashed up the City was. To walk down a street where the street is just a pile of broken up wood, where houses were and people lived, to walk in the shadow of that rubble, and to walk down those same streets four years later (okay, last time I was there was 3 months or so ago) and see vacant lot after vacant lot, requires more than an aerial photo to comprehend. To drive down streets where the spray painted X’s, indicating who checked for bodies, and how many dead bodies (or dead pets) were found, are still as fresh as they were 3 years ago isn’t something you can see from those distant photos.

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7. Elusis Writes:
   August 31st, 2009 at 11:54 pm

   Wait, you were at that show? Holy crap! I’m a huge Jason Webley fan, we were at the show last year, and just missed attending this year because it was too damn hot to think.

   Neat!

   I was. I missed it last year and almost didn’t go this year because of the heat, but it was cool in the city and at the back of the venue near Jason’s merch table, where my friends were working. I was glad I didn’t miss it again.

   I cried my way through Mark’s whole set because his music was very special to a relationship that just ended horribly. And that’s enough off-topic commentary from me on that.

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8. The Czech Writes:
   September 1st, 2009 at 9:08 am

   Thank you for remembering.

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9. Sage Writes:
   September 5th, 2009 at 4:38 am

   It’s certainly curious that it doesn’t rate a mention in major news media. Especially considering that we have a moment of silence in our schools on 9/11 every year - and I live in Canada. I typically comment that we need a moment of silence every day for the number of people dying in Africa of AIDs, starvation, lack of clean water….. Deaths only need remembering if they’re caused by people I guess. Well, more directly and obviously by people that can be held accountable if we ever find them.

   whatever

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10. Julie Herds Cats Writes:
    September 5th, 2009 at 8:45 pm

    Sage,

    As bad as Katrina was, it wasn’t the worst. It was just the most flagrant. And it just keeps on being the most flagrant.

    The best comparison I can think of is Greensburg, KS versus New Orleans, LA. Everyone and their cousin poured corporate ad money into Greensburg. There’s a TeeVee show on cable about Greensburg.

    But they are white people. Duh.

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