Author: blksista

Sometimes it takes Fred Johnson, accompanied by New Orleans’ own Hot 8 Brass Band, to encapsulate exactly what one thinks about the snail slow pace of recovery post-Katrina, especially during this phony `lull’ before...

Also at the Orange Zone. I found this on one of the listserves to which I belong recently.  I am not sure whether this has appeared at Booman Tribune, but if any people need some Xmas cheer (outside of the citizens of New...

Another thing that Katrina has taught me: When you are old, infirm and sick, you can’t absorb the shock of a catastrophic event as easily as when you were much younger.   Even if you survive it, you are not going to...

Click here for larger version This was my childhood home, after Katrina. I have had these photographs for almost a year, thanks to NOdiaspora.  I’ve e-mailed them as an attachment to my sister, who has given them to...

[promoted by BooMan. Title shortened] When The Levees Broke: A Requiem in Four Acts begins tonight on Home Box Office.  Check listings in the link. As the world watched in horror, Hurricane Katrina hit New Orleans on August...