re: Craziest/Shadiest/Scariest thing you saw in Katrina Aftermath

Anybody remember that high ranking NOPD guy that committed suicide shortly after Katrina if I recall?

Lootie mayne

Came down from Atlanta when they let everyone back to help family. Ate supper one night in Bucktown, got back on Robert E Lee headed back towards UNo where aunts house was. No lights, no traffic. Eeriest feeling like you just didn’t belong there. Got out without incident, never stayed after curfew again.

Someone post up the link to "Le Tour De Brix" on YouTube's. It was filmed end of January 06 and was a bike tour of several spots in New Orleans and St Bernard. Baptist hospital, 17th Street canal break, other breach (London Ave?), Neighborhood in St Bernard.

Breach of Faith
The Great Deluge
The Storm

4th and New Orleans is about the 2005 Tulane football team/season. Not directly about the storm but interesting nonetheless.

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Yeah but you take $20k from an atm after something like a hurricane and the systems aren't down for that long. I mean I'd think they'd come looking for you a couple weeks later. Katrina is pretty rare and a large city.

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Katrina was a unique event, more than 60% of the networks and systems providing, telephone, cellular, and internet service, were still down a month after the storm hit. Telephone system switches, and cell sites had backup generators, but only had fuel supplies designed to last a few days. When they were designed it was thought that most emergency situations could be resolved in a few days. After a few days they started to go down as the backup generators ran out of fuel, and for most there was no way to get additional fuel to the site. Bellsouth/ATT and other providers eventually organized a plan to get fuel to the sites and restore operation, but it was hit and miss for a long time. Sat phone usage surged 3000% in the area as workers like myself showed up with their phones, that system was quickly overloaded making calls difficult.

At the peak, we had 20 family members and friends camped out at our house. Some a few days, others 3+ weeks. It was an interesting time.

Traffic, helicopters non-stop. Gang violence rumors. Gas lines and all the rest.

A few months afterwards, I had a meeting at the MSY Airport Hilton and picked up this interesting brochure. Never did make a tour. Never saw the brochure again.

I heard from an old retired Ranger that the raping was mainly in the CC. He said the groups would grab a girl and that if anyone tried to help, their women were next. He also said his elderly dad told him there was a SEAL team in mid city, eliminating bad guys.

Not saying any is true, but the CC part was told to him by attendees.

C230 about 25ft up in a tree in Indian Village in Slidell. Didn't even see it the first time I passed by

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Blackwater was brought in for Audubon Place as well

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It was some Israeli team. Blackwater did some in-and-out bank vault stuff downtown though