Katrina anniversary
Aug. 30th, 2009 10:50 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
elionwyrI neglected to post this yesterday, though it was much on my mind..
August 29th, 2006 is when the levees failed and we were reminded that it's not a question of, 'Will we lose New Orleans?" but of when.
For those of us not personally or physically affected, it's hard to imagine what life was like there 4 years ago.![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
hurricanegrrl has posted an not-yet-complete-but-still-amazing account of her experiences that I can't recommend highly enough.
What we learned - from Katrina, from 9/11, from the power blackout in NY - is that this is how our worlds threaten to end. It can happen, unexpectedly, terrifyingly, and we can't afford to forget it.
And oh, New Orleans. I fell for you hard years ago, and I still long to go back. Even now. Even as you continue to struggle back to what you once were.
August 29th, 2006 is when the levees failed and we were reminded that it's not a question of, 'Will we lose New Orleans?" but of when.
For those of us not personally or physically affected, it's hard to imagine what life was like there 4 years ago.
hurricanegrrl has posted an not-yet-complete-but-still-amazing account of her experiences that I can't recommend highly enough.What we learned - from Katrina, from 9/11, from the power blackout in NY - is that this is how our worlds threaten to end. It can happen, unexpectedly, terrifyingly, and we can't afford to forget it.
And oh, New Orleans. I fell for you hard years ago, and I still long to go back. Even now. Even as you continue to struggle back to what you once were.