New Orleans trip image gallery

Aunt Karen's apartment building. The limbs were cut from the treess across the street.

(Formerly) Brand new car wash building.

One of the fallen trees across the street from Aunt Karen's.

Vicky's broken window and roof damage.

Pastor Kent's house from back.

View from Aunt Karen's apartment.

This is the road that goes by Aunt Karen's apartment building.

Truck and trailer that we are using. This pic was a few blocks away from Aunt Karen's apartment building.

The other 20mph shot.

Blown over fence with brick posts.

Two wrecked carports. I'm not sure if the house was already under construction or if the siding was actually blown off.

I'm pretty sure this is worse than living in a glass house. This shot was taken just behind Aunt Karen's apartment building.

This is the extent of the damage in Aunt Karen's apartment. The kitchen took on water through a leak in the ceiling.

A block away from the apartment were 3 identical houses being built. The frames for all 3 were completely destroyed.

Another angle of the 3 destroyed house frames.

This is another view of the 3 downed houses.

Did I forget to mention that if you're needing some spare lumber, you now know where to find it?

There's something missing in this picture. Hint: "All Way"

Picture of the trailer after being packed.

Picture of the pickup after being packed.

That's not one, but two fences blown over. Those are demo fences to show off what good work the guy does. Katrina was unimpressed.

The "good" McDonalds in the West bank now caters to toddlers. It's not known why there are options other than Happy Meals on the menu.

Another angle of the destroyed car wash. "Don't build a car wash on the sandy land. Don't build it too near the shore...

Well, it might be kinda nice, but you'll have to build it twice. Oh, you'll have to build the car wash once more."

It looks like these power poles got a little tired.

Who knew that leaning was contagious? Did I get immunized for that as a kid? Now that I think about it, perhaps I contracted it long ago.

Woah. These power poles just flat out gave up. Is this the final result of the leaning disease?

You know... I feel tired, too. I think it's time for a nap.

Whatever this used to be is modern art now.

One note I'm reminded of. Where we drove, we saw no signs of looting, although the police were definitely looking out for it.

Insurance adjuster: "What damaged this car?"
Honest Bob: "Umm, you're not going to believe it, but the American Flag. Honest."

This is the "bad" McDonalds. Rumor has it that it could have already looked like this.

Fence down on the side of Lapalco

Perhaps this is Katrina's way of suggesting putting a driveway in the backyard.

This neighborhood doesn't believe that good fences make good neighbors.

Military convoy. Unfortunately, they didn't accept my offer for a test drive.

The destruction on the corner of Manhatten and Lapalco.

Apartment complex missing part of its second story.

Closer view of the damaged apartments.

Different part of the same apartments.

More of the damaged apartments

This house sustained heavy damage.

Tearing down the walls that divide us.

This part successfully weathered the storm.

This part didn't.

Unfortunately, it got even worse next door.

If you aren't yet invested in STIHL, now is the time.

My sources say the vegetation used to make the road back there nearly invisible. Oh, and what's the point of a stop sign at a dead end?

Ouch. That's going to leave a mark.

I figure there's a vine/wine joke here somewhere, but I'll leave that to the viewer..

The sound of helicopters in the air is almost constant. Regularly, there were 2 or more helicopters nearby heading somewhere.

This picture was taken when we mistakenly drove into St. Tammany Parish.

The Hobby Lobby in Hammond, LA had just moved from the building next door (not pictured).

This is a church building that had nearly completed construction. The only noticeable damage was to the roof and palm trees.

This building lose some ceiling tiles and had these windows blown out.

Even if there were gas to sell, it wouldn't be sold here.

This house was pretty wasted.

The real question here is which end is (was) up.

This McDonalds in Jefferson Parish won't be serving burgers for several weeks, but at least it uses its power wisely.

It seems likely that this roof is considerably more functional when it's on hte top of the building.

Another shot of the wasted roof.

More power lines and trees down everywhere.

These tanks had the aluminum siding and insulation removed and blown away. We found insulation as far away as 3 blocks.