A Progression in Papers

Weathermen were telling us to "HUNKER-DOWN" for the storm and go get supplies. Evacuation traffic from New Orleans, appearing light don't you think? was already in contra flow (going one way on the interstate). The Hurricane was Hours Away and massive warnings were all over the media.Katrina hit slowly and decidedly. She was a Category 5 with massive winds.
After the Hurricane parts of New Orleans were damaged, but dry... but then, the levee broke and flooding began. Where people had thought they were safe, they no longer were. Homes began to flood. People died in nursing homes. The city was cut off from electricity and water with hundreds of thousands of people from all classes there. They were in posh hotels, the Rivercenter, bars as well as the Superdome turned shelter. But it wasn't a safe shelter. The roof was torn off with rain coming in, children were hurt physically and conditions were unsanitary to say the least.

What does this have to do with Baton Rouge? Well, some of these people were bused to Baton Rouge and surrounding areas for refuge from the deplorable conditions there.

Since Hurricane Katrina and the Levee Break in New Orleans we have been indated with media in Baton Rouge and across the United States. Some of them have it accurate, some not. It is surprising what parts of the story are and are not correct to me. Here are a few of the covers of the Advocate which is our local paper in Baton Rouge.

Speaking to citizens of Baton Rouge, it is interesting to hear what they have to say about this new way of life. More on that to come.