Alligators and snakes
We went on a swamp tour and saw 4 alligators! They were from 5-7 feet long. Which would seem to make them scary, but I was enchanted!!
We also saw effects of Hurricane Katrina, which was sobering. Our driver out out to the swamp lived in Irish Bay, and he showed us some effects as we drove out there. There used to be 3 hospitals in this one area, now there is none. 1 grocery store in an area that had 130, 000 people. And after Katrina, all this people just left the area, their homes are vacant, just left there empty, not torn down or anything as they had no insurance to cover demolition.
It makes me wonder what would happen if there was a disaster like this in Canada, what would that look like? Would there be government intervention beyond a trailer?
I also looked into mental health care in the area, which according to reports is extremely poor. The services have not been restored from pre hurricane.
On a more cheerful note, we also saw several snakes, many flowers, and beautiful birds on our swamp tour.
The temperature has been 27 degrees.
Bourbon street is quite something. As Louise from my work says, debauchery. But of a cheerful type. I think they hose down the street in the morning to clean it up.
Lots of street performers. And we saw a parade in support of the Japanese tsunami. Super cute, they were school kids, playing the tuba etc.
It is a fantastic city!
We also saw effects of Hurricane Katrina, which was sobering. Our driver out out to the swamp lived in Irish Bay, and he showed us some effects as we drove out there. There used to be 3 hospitals in this one area, now there is none. 1 grocery store in an area that had 130, 000 people. And after Katrina, all this people just left the area, their homes are vacant, just left there empty, not torn down or anything as they had no insurance to cover demolition.
It makes me wonder what would happen if there was a disaster like this in Canada, what would that look like? Would there be government intervention beyond a trailer?
I also looked into mental health care in the area, which according to reports is extremely poor. The services have not been restored from pre hurricane.
On a more cheerful note, we also saw several snakes, many flowers, and beautiful birds on our swamp tour.
The temperature has been 27 degrees.
Bourbon street is quite something. As Louise from my work says, debauchery. But of a cheerful type. I think they hose down the street in the morning to clean it up.
Lots of street performers. And we saw a parade in support of the Japanese tsunami. Super cute, they were school kids, playing the tuba etc.
It is a fantastic city!
posted by lisaandrichard at 5:51 PM
7 Comments:
How did you look into mental health there?
Cruising the internet.
National Institute of Health ha an article on it.
Hope you are taking lots of pics and will post. I am going to mention all the beer drinking to Geoff. Then we can go see that swampy mouldy city.
Geoff would thoroughly enjoy how much people are interested in chatting. You'd like the Garden District and all the big houses and gardens. Richard would enjoy all the pork products. The rest of us would enjoy it all. (Allison)
I like to think I would enjoy it all too.
You would!
I just meant: particularly enjoy.
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