Do you remember August 29, 2005? It was the day Hurricane Katrina struck the coastline of Louisiana, Mississippi, and Alabama. What followed on those subsequent days were even more catostrophic and disturbing than the hurricane itself. With the advent of around the clock cable television, millions witnessed and got a firsthand look at helicopter rescues, bodies floating in water, and thousands of people stranded at the Superdome and left to die. For almost a week, citizens of New Orleans had no water and no food for days. Authorities and government officials totally neglected the people. The elderly had no medicine, there was inadequent sanitation, no relief from the heat. It was like Hell on earth. The French Quarter rebounded quickly from the devastation. Meanwhile, 7 years later, areas such as the 9th ward, a predominantly African American neighborhood, remain decimated with boarded up homes and dilapidated houses. Many residents of New Orleans have since moved elsewhere throughout the South. We pray for those who have suffered under Hurricane Katrina and we pray for those that are suffering due to Hurricane Isaac.
Pictures below are from a trip to New Orleans last summer in 2011.
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