Here we are at the 3rd anniversary of Hurricane Katrina. As I write this, New Orleans is in a state of alarm over the new hurricane which threatens us called Hurricane Gustav. It is still uncertain where it will go and what it will do.
Sr. Lory, Sr. Kathleen, and I went to a memorial service at Jordan and North Galvez Streets this morning in the Lower 9th Ward in New Orleans for the victims of Hurricane Katrina. This was the site of one of the major levee breaches in the storm. This was a part of the Annual Katrina Commemoration March. A new plaque and square are there now, built by the City of New Orleans as a memorial; plus Louisiana National Guardmen were present today as an Honor Guard. Speeches and prayers were made.
We also saw some of the houses built by the Brad Pitt and Angelena Joillee project and the Musicians' Village by Harry Connick, Jr. Also, Habitat for Humanity has built several new homes there.
Many, if not most, of the houses in the Lower 9th Ward appear as they did just after the storm; there is no improvement. It is a sad sight to see.
And now we have to deal with Hurricane Gustav. It is a very hard thing to deal with.
--Adrian
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