Katrina Days: Life in New Orleans After Hurricane Katrina

By George Long

Katrina Days is photographer George Long’s intimate portrait of life in and around New Orleans during the two tumultuous years immediately following Hurricanes Katrina and Rita.

His photographic perspective as a New Orleans insider provides an uncompromising view of pain, loss, and total frustration balanced with humor and hope for America’s most authentic and soulful city.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Xlibris US
• Release date: Dec 5, 2007
• ISBN: 9781669840763

George Long

George Long (1800–1879) was a British classical scholar. He held professorships in Greek and Latin at the University of London and the University of Virginia. His translation of Thoughts of Marcus Aurelius was published in 1862 and is considered the gold standard of Aurelius translations.

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This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places and incidents either are the product of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously, and any resemblance to any actual persons, living or dead, events, or locales is entirely coincidental.

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August 27, 2005: The night before my family andI evacuated to Houston, the Krewe of Oak was celebrating Mid-Summer Mardi Gras at the Maple Leaf Bar. Many, if not most, New Orleanians had already left the area and were in no mood to party but die-hards made their way to Oak Street for the annual celebration and a secondline parade.

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August 28, 2005: Less than ten hours later it was abundantly clear we would have to leave. The cars had already been gassed up and the house secured. Trees had been trimmed and any potentially flying objects had been put away. What