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miss_adventure

When the Levee Breaks

Aug 31, 2005 00:46

I'm a NOLA ex-pat. Ran screaming from the place, though I still feel fondly towards that hot, swampy, vile-smelling town that just oozes history and attitude: NOLA is like an ex-significant other with whom I remained on good terms with after the break-up. Maybe we're not a couple anymore and I think it's deeply flawed, but I'd never wish pain on ( Read more... )

nola, hurricane, floodland

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thewronghands September 1 2005, 07:32:35 UTC

Never lived in New Orleans itself, just near it. Pascagoula's pretty flattened, though, as expected. Can a Mississippi gal join your beignet party? [rueful grin]

miss_adventure September 1 2005, 08:03:17 UTC

Of course. You're always welcome to join me. Come on in, the water's fine. [sigh]

I heard the flood that walloped Pascagoula described as a giant, moving wooden floor, as the water was to full of tress and bits of smashed buildings.

miss_adventure September 1 2005, 08:12:50 UTC

That should have read "...so full of trees..." Aargh. Brain,deal with the fact that you're sleep-deprived, and cooperate. Sheesh.

A pox on thee, lack of comments edit function.

kambriel September 7 2005, 06:09:13 UTC

This is such a beautiful post... Like the city itself, you have woven all the highs and lows into a tapestry that in the end is uniquely "New Orleans". I think the city may be taken back into it's history, but the heart remains, and that aura can not be washed away by a storm.

miss_adventure September 8 2005, 05:29:23 UTC

I hope so. The Quarter is still standing and unflooded. NOLA will rise again.

jaenanda September 8 2005, 08:23:55 UTC

Soggy Phoenix!

anonymous September 9 2005, 10:09:06 UTC

Hello,

I don't know you from Eve, but I just wanted to let you know that the Pontchartrain Causeway was not destroyed (as reported on some national news). It is fine, and should be open to civilian traffic once the rescue effort is over & the place is drained.....

miss_adventure September 10 2005, 18:59:17 UTC

If the Causeway is fine, though, that's great news. Thanks for letting me know. I don't want to get my hopes up, but if the rest fo the damage is somewhat overreported, it would be a good start towards getting the region back up and fanctioning.

Hello... sa_arine September 13 2005, 21:09:05 UTC

Just wanted to introduce m'self.
I hope you don't mind if I add you as a friend.

Re: Hello... miss_adventure September 14 2005, 04:53:46 UTC

Not at all.

I see you're on a future cops community, so I have to add the obligatory "Don't do it!" warning. [grin]

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ibejedi September 18 2005, 09:00:18 UTC

Hi found your post through lawenforcement...and I too found your description of NO quite eloquent...never been there but i almost think I have been after reading this :) do you mind if i mark you as a friend...you seem really interesting - i'm new to this so i don't have too many yet!

miss_adventure September 18 2005, 17:48:42 UTC

Welcome to the addiction that is livejournal.

I don't mind at all. Hurrah for pro-choice tattooed chicks!

appropriate analogies macavite October 17 2005, 06:05:02 UTC

. . . . very nice use of the "grand lady fallen on hard times", thanks.

Re: appropriate analogies miss_adventure October 19 2005, 05:17:15 UTC

Inspiration has to strike occasionally. (As in hits..not my normal state, in which inspiration strikes in the sense of marching a picket line and chanting "Hell no, we won't go" or some such.)