[Leica] New Orleans 1 Year Later

[tedgrant at shaw.ca (Ted Grant)]

Sonny offered:
>>Please don't say that.   It is the risk we in Louisiana all take  when we
smile, and are proud of what has been accomplished,  but it is  not normal. 
It
is not the same, an I don't know if it will ever be.

Mandinas is gone.  Circle Grocery is gone.  oh.. so many places I  loved are
gone.<<<

Sonny,
I don't have any doubt people like yourself who lived and work there for 
many years of your lives have quite an infinite feeling for the city and 
area that can never be replaced by clean-up and replaced buildings.

And as you've pointed out, >>> Mandinas is gone.  Circle Grocery is gone. 
oh.. so many places I  loved are gone.<<<

A town or city where a person has lived for the better part of their lives 
becomes a very emotional attachment others who've never lived through the 
destruction of Mother Nature can understand. We may feel sorrow for those 
misplaced and lost due to the storm, I doubt any of us who did not live 
locally could ever understand what folks like yourself feel.

I can only trust this year there are no hurricanes or storms anywhere near 
the strength of Katrina and people living in your part of the world will 
finally see a finish to the reconstruction so everyone can get on with their 
lives.

ted