For a second time I was confronted with this map on another blog.
I thought it was time for Tribunes to consider the magnitude of thousands of people practically flung across the country rather than in places of refuge nearby so that they could partake of the aid and comfort others have sent or given to them. Like all those emergency rations the British sent to the Gulf States that was probably destroyed because it was below standard (the same rations feed the British soldiers in Iraq).
The text was written by Brad Edmondson, and is part of a series on ePodunk called “Mass Migrations.” (You’ll be able to link to other catastrophic events at a box on the lower right.) This site at http://www.epodunk.com/top10/diaspora/index.html is linked to hundreds to locations where people from New Orleans have been sent to refuge, either temporarily or permanently. Simply point and click at any of the white dots.
The map data was compiled by Laurie Bennett of ePodunk and the mapping was created by Daniel Shorter.
This may or may not be a dupe; my apologies if it is.
ePodunk (http://www.epodunk.com/) apparently is a webpage where you can find out information about cities, peoples, communities, regions, and even colleges and cemeteries throughout the United States.
You might find some Katrina evacuees in your town or city.
We have a family here on Long Island. The local newspaper did a story on them and I was struck by the look in the oldest childs eyes. He is a high school junior. He looked very unhappy to be here. Not that he didn’t appreciate all that was being done for him, but more like he was being treated like an exhibit, at least that’s the feeling I got looking at him. It was almost as if everyone needed to pat themselves on the back.
It’s hard to believe that the way these people were jetted off to the four corners wasn’t part of the plan to steal all the real estate in New Orleans.
As though he and his people were exhibits like the Hottentot Venus. This was probably the final ignominy.
You know there is nothing wrong with doing something good without calling attention to it or to the people involved.
I have family from down there who have (finally) decided to stay in CA. I’m trying to talk them into moving to Los Angeles proper, but most of them are really liking the boonies…think it’s “high class” with the McMansions. Ugh.
I hadn’t realized how many survivors there were in Los Angeles until recently. Local schools are having fundraisers and such to help the new local families out with anything they need. We saw a house yesterday and a neighbor told us that 3 families from NOLA had moved onto the street in the last couple of weeks. Imagine my surprise, when one of the families turned out to be cousins of my cousin who lived up the street!
This was, famously, in East Texas as well. I wouldn’t be surprised if it is happening other places.
Here in Madison, a community newspaper told a story of a former Louisiana man bringing his kin up from the Diaspora shelters north, and did the Atwood Community Center have anyone who could contribute anything.
The center community chipped in and helped.
The landlord who donated the house refused to be ID’ed. I know why…
Just because it is on TV, and Compass and Nagin said reckless things, don’t mean that it is true.
Oh crap- I have a house that I offered on hurricanehousing-so far no takers- people don’t want to go here,they want to go home-and there is nothing wrong with that- except that home may never be home again. (sigh)- heartbreaking.
shycat, I have been staying in touch with your offer. You are to be admired for your offer. YOu are a true human of great heart. Hugs…..
HUGS back ,Brenda- just doin what I can.
Check out http://www.nola.com. Click on the Times Picayune section and scroll down to today’s article on the housing complexes in New Orleans.
I was interviewed for the article but never quoted. Here is my letter to the editor in response to the article:
To the editor:
Gwen Filosa interviewed me for the article published on Sunday on the fate of the housing complexes in New Orleans, but I wasn’t quoted in the article. Here is what I said: The Iberville, Lafitte and yes, the empty Magnolia Housing complex can play an important role in the revitalization of New Orleans. Ms. Filosa called the Iberville complex “strewn and ruined with debris”. If that is the criteria by which we gauge our neighborhoods, then we might as well condemn the entire city. The truth is, Iberville, as far as I could see, did not take an inch of water in the interior of the apartments. I rode around the Lafitte and Iberville complexes snapping photos. Lafitte took several inches of water in some places, certainly no worse than many homes in New Orleans. These complexes, along with the empty Magnolia complex, could serve a vital need in the coming weeks and months to house our low-wage workers. Rents are sky-rocketing in New Orleans, driven up by government contractors who need housing.
Where will the low-wage workers live, the ones who wait and bus the tables in our restaurants, clean the rooms and make the beds in our hotels, and work the fast food places? Mayor Nagin pointed to St. Thomas as an example of what could happen to Iberville and Lafitte. God help the low wage worker then, because of the 750 families displaced when St. Thomas was torn down, only 2 or 3 have returned to that so-called mixed-income neighborhood. A crime was committed against these 750 families, sanctioned by local and federal officials, that has yet to be addressed.
Let’s not make the same mistake with Iberville and Lafitte housing complexes.
Elizabeth Cook
Hands off Iberville Coalition
The lack of affordable housing for people who want to return is the issue.
they are trucking in, they could become the new blacks of new New Orleans.
Jesse Jackson has been raving about this development.
http://www.cnn.com/2005/US/10/07/nola.workers.ap/
Go there and type in keywords pertinent to this topic to search archives. The articles are presented as “features” It bothers me.
Error, no dots to ND?
Eddie Schultz was instrumental in flying two families to Fargo.
Tell them, not me.
i have one transfer student from tulane in my section this quarter, way out here in cali.