Dudley Edmondson

EYEWITNESS: NEW ORLEANS POST KATRINA

   
Under an overpass near the heart of the city people struggle in this make-shift community.
   
A local man makes his way through the city on his bicycle
     
  
This is Lake Pontchartrain, the source of most of the water from the Katrina disaster. It is easy to see how this seemingly endless body of water could have nearly destroyed the "Crescent City"
   
Local organizer in front of the Critical Resistance office in New Orleans
   
the driving rains drenched these young women on their way home from school
     
  
This piece of heavy equipment moves piles of rubble which were once the homes of many in St. Benard Parrish, New Orleans
   
the spray painted numbers and words indicate that during the 2005 disaster the DEA checked this home on 9/13 and found 1 body. some residents have chosen not to remove these markings as a reminder of what happened here.
   
during the distaster federal authorties and agencies doing search and rescue would mark homes or businesses as having been checked for surviors or the dead. this home unfortunatley had 1 dead dog
     
  
As I traveled through the deep south on this assignment I could not help but notice the huge presence of law enforcement. In fact it was so apparent I would say a police car drove by maybe every 5-10 minutes it seemed. It felt as though I was in a jail cell so big that I couldn't see the bars.
   
local poet speaking of her life and her city New Orleans
   
a storm passes through New Orleans late afternoon during rush hour traffic