NOLA

N’awlins

The Big Easy

Louisiana 1927

Randy Newman

1798

1878

Huey P. Long

On Republicans & Democrats

David Duke: Klansman, Nazi, Congressman, Gubernatorial Candidate

Edwin Edwards: 4 term governor, inmate, reality TV star

Fast Eddie quotes

Of David Duke: “Yeah, I used to be a kind of a wizard under the sheets too.”

Of being elected for a fourth term as governor: “The only way I won’t win is if I’m found in bed with a live boy or a dead girl.” (He won)

Of a current governor: “Dave Treen is so slow it takes him an hour and a half to watch 60 Minutes.”

“I give blood for them to make Viagra.”

Piyush “Bobby” Jindal: Current Governor and Presidential hopeful

Johnny Horton: The Battle of New Orleans

Habitat for Humanity Musician’s Village 2820 Napoleon Ave, NOLA

http://www.nolamusiciansvillage.org/video/aDreamBecomesReality.asp

Creole Wild West

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P3PEAXQg-ug

Mardi Gras IndiansA video by Maurice Martinez

Wild Tchoupitoulas

Bo Dollis & the Wild Magnolias

Mardi Gras Indians Documentary

Tremé, an HBO Series by David Simon

Faubourg Tremé: The Untold Story of Black New Orleans

Venice

Netherlands

London

NOLA

Rebuilding the levees, 2006

One of more than 16 pumping stations,

NE NOLA by Lake Ponchartrain

Hurricane Katrina was the largest and 3rd strongest hurricane ever recorded to make landfall in the US.

In New Orleans, the levees were designed for Category 3, but Katrina peaked at a Category 5 hurricane, with winds up to 175 mph.

The final death toll was at 1,836, primarily from Louisiana (1,577) and Mississippi (238). More than half of these victims were senior citizens.

The storm surge from Katrina was 20-ft (six meters) high. 705 people are reported as still missing as a result of Hurricane Katrina. Hurricane Katrina affected over 15 million people in different ways varying from having

to evacuate their homes, rising gas prices, and the economy suffering. An estimated 80% of New Orleans was under water, up to 20 ft deep in places. Hurricane Katrina caused $81 billion in property damages, but it is estimated that the

total economic impact in Louisiana and Mississippi may exceed $150 billion, earning the title of costliest hurricane ever in US history.

Hurricane Katrina impacted about 90,000 square miles. The region affected by the storm supported roughly 1 million non-farm jobs, and still,

hundreds of thousands of local residents were left unemployed by the hurricane. More than 70 countries pledged monetary donations or other assistance after the

hurricane. Kuwait made the largest single pledge of $500 million, but Qatar, India, China, Pakistan and Bangladesh made very large donations as well.

NOLA Diaspora, 2005 to present

Industrial Canal Before Katrina

After

Breached

Tulane Ave. 9/11/05

Industrial Canal wall

Hmong Vietnamese in East NOLA

Da Soopa Dome

Charity Hospital: dead, but still standing.

Tremé, 2005