All of these photos, except one, are of St. Mary of the Angels Church Convent/Community Center in the 9th Ward. The shot of the tin shed is RUBARB, across the street from the Convent /Community Center and on the parking lot for the church itself. The school is nearby but still ruined from Katrina. Note the visible signs of Hurricane Katrina still on the convent walls -- the brown lines running horizontally are the water lines where the flood water settled, although it may have been even higher before settling. Also see the peculiar "X" or "O" mark on the wall. This is a Katrina rescue sign. Signs like these were spray painted on each and every house and building in New Orleans after Katrina by rescue crews. The signs are codes for the dates the buildings were searched, who searched them, and what the rescue crews found. Sometimes the crews found nothing or no one. Sometimes they found dead human bodies or dead pet animals. Almost always they found tremendous physical destruction. As you can see, New Orleans is a long way from full recovery since Katrina.
-- Adrian
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