A tank turned on its side on Hwy. 56 between Chauvin and Cocodrie, Terrebonne Parish, Louisiana, following Hurricane Rita,... [Read more]

Hurricane Rita aftermath, September 2005, Dulac, Louisiana, on Hwy. 57, Terrebonne Parish. [Read more]

Hurricane Rita, Sept. 2005, pirogues in the flooded neighbor of Chauvin, Louisiana, after the dam was breached behind the... [Read more]

Algiers Residents Return as New Orleans Continues Counting the Dead (text) (The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer) [view]

Algiers Residents Return as New Orleans Continues Counting the Dead (audio) (The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer) [view]

Algiers Residents Return as New Orleans Continues Counting the Dead (video) (The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer) [view]

A Slow Return to New Orleans (video) (The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer) [view]

A Slow Return to New Orleans (text) (The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer) [view]

Christmas Day. Long Beach, Mississippi. People scattered decorations around the wreckage that was Pirate Street. [Read more]

Blog posting, SB: Relaxing on the Bayou, October 18, 2005 Malls, Shopping, and Housing Hurricanes Rita and Katrina got me thinking about malls as public spaces again. Historians, such as Lizabeth Cohen, have studied... [view]

Blog posting, SB: Relaxing on the Bayou, September 29, 2005 The Bayou was Bumpin I am sitting at Chiro Java Cafe in Seguin, Texas, where I am tapping into their free wireless. Ah to be connected again. The past week... [view]

Blog posting, September 10, 2005 SB: Relaxing on the Bayou Frustrated Rescuers I talked tonight with my friend Amy who just returned from New Orleans. She and many other Coasties from Port Arthur landed in NoLA on... [view]