There’s both good news and bad news in NOLA, and for NOLA exiles and survivors. Here are a few snippets.
- Another body was found this morning under debris in East New Orleans. Initial reports say that the body was so badly decomposed that officials have no idea whether it is a man or a woman, African American or white. Meanwhile, housing on the East Bank is being scheduled for demolition. At least 2500 homes are going under.
- Dogs and puppies, mostly former pets, are having just as much a hard time as the Katrina survivors. Meanwhile, “therapy dogs” from Virginia and New York are making the rounds to lift the spirits of rescue workers and aid seekers in FEMA-run facilities.
Somehow these dog stories do not make sense. You follow me?
Then
- Katrina exiles facing a Christmas away from home in New Orleans, some for the very first time.
- Conspiracy theories abound about what happened in New Orleans. Some of them damn well might be true.
- A view of the United Houma Nation after Katrina, from New America Media.
- One view on how the gay community in New Orleans is faring. Remember, this is mostly white gays speaking. Black and Latino gays, for example, tend to live among their folks. They cannot account for what occurred among lesbians either.
- Fatima Shaik, a former Times Picayune reporter and the author of The Mayor of New Orleans, a short story collection about New Orleans and especially, a childhood reminiscence of Hurricane Betsy, has written about a Christmas far away from New Orleans.
- And here is Lucy Lawless, Xena the former Warrior Princess, saying her bit for a city that she truly loves. Lawless was caught in the hurricane while filming a vampire movie. She is, as the Velvelettes once sang, “really saying something” for New Orleans.
