Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/12/14
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Walt and all, That looks too familiar for those of us down south -- though with lots of hope (i.e. buildings). The photo linked below was taken on a street in Waveland, Miss. It did not appear in any publication. (yours is a fine photo, by the way and I think it to be a fine capture of the rebound that must take place following such a storm). Anyway, the boat you will see rests on the foundation of a house that no longer exists about a half to 3/4 of a mile inland. The gentleman who lived in that house did not own this boat. In fact, he no longer owned anything. The sheer gut-wrenching horror of Katrina still exists in Miss. even though more than one year has passed after the storm. Waveland does not look a great deal different now than it did when I took this picture approximately 9 months ago. Remember, Katrina squarely hit Miss., not New Orleans. The entire coast of Miss. was wiped off the map. That is not to lessen the destruction that occurred in N.O. However, the media seems to forget about the area with the most damage because it was not a giant metro area. OK, off my soap box. Please remember all those who lost their lives, their homes, and their livelihoods in this terrible storm in your prayers this season. Their wounds still need care. http://tinyurl.com/sqjon Frank Farmer Jackson, Miss. On Dec 14, 2006, at 2:49 PM, Walt Johnson wrote: > Tina > > That's close to downtown Charleston the morning after Hugo. This > particular image ran a year later in a Life Mag follow up. It's the > road which curves south after the bridge and runs to the Battery. > Going through my old files reminded me how lucky the historic section > was. Most of the really severe damage was a bit north and well into > the northwest. I had to drive almost to Columbia the day after to ship > film out...(could have used digital then) The destruction on I 26 was > something else Most blamed it on tornadoes forming from the storm > rather than the winds themselves. Had I ever considered becoming a > churchgoer that would have been the time. :-) > > Walt > > Tina Manley wrote: > >> At 12:20 PM 12/14/2006, you wrote: >> >>> Tina >>> >>> If you are not too busy readying your tinfoil cap for the upcoming >>> solar flare????? ;-) >>> >>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/waltjohnson/hugoboat.jpg.html >>> >>> Walt >> >> >> Is that in Charleston? I'm surprised we didn't have any hurricanes >> this year after all of the predictions. The astronauts had to hide >> from the solar flare! It's going to be 70 degrees here tomorrow - >> December 15th. Solar flare or global warming? >> >> Tina >> >> Tina Manley, ASMP, NPPA >> http://www.tinamanley.com >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >