Katrina Reminder...Violet, LA

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Katrina Reminder...Violet, LA

#1 Postby Sean in New Orleans » Tue Nov 01, 2005 12:26 am

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Re: Katrina Reminder...Violet, LA

#2 Postby Deb321 » Tue Nov 01, 2005 12:30 am

Sean in New Orleans wrote:Image

Holy Cow!!! :eek:
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#3 Postby wxmann_91 » Tue Nov 01, 2005 12:32 am

Is that image doctored? Caused it looks like it is. If it isn't, the OMG!!! :eek:
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#4 Postby Sean in New Orleans » Tue Nov 01, 2005 12:33 am

wxmann_91 wrote:Is that image doctored? Caused it looks like it is. If it isn't, the OMG!!! :eek:

It is absolutely not doctored. This isn't the only vehicle I've seen on a roof per Hurricane Katrina....
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#5 Postby Valkhorn » Tue Nov 01, 2005 2:53 am

How did it get up there? It doesn't look like it was put there by water because the house doesn't appear to have been gutted by water damage.
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#6 Postby Droop12 » Tue Nov 01, 2005 7:47 am

Its in LA so Im betting when the water rose it rose slowly enough not to gut houses like a surge but just to flood everything around that area. Im sure the car floated on top of the rising water and when it reached its maximum point and the water receded it sat the car on the roof. I've seen all the pics and its the only explanation.
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#7 Postby CajunMama » Tue Nov 01, 2005 9:20 am

The pic isn't doctored. Violet is SE of New Orleans in St. Bernard parish. I have a customer from Violet and she said EVERYTHING in Violet was under water. Just a side note on this young lady...8 months pregnant and such a positive attitude about the flood. She plans on rebuilding down there. Said that has always been her home and she can't see living anywhere else.
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#8 Postby louise_l » Tue Nov 01, 2005 9:25 am

Just about everything at or south of Violet is uninhabitable. Some of these new brick homes are standing, but were sitting in water up over the roof. A friend had a two story new brick home in Meraux (near Violet) and it took water up into the second floor. The entire house is filled with mold and the structure is unsound. It is a total write-off but exterior appearances are deceptive.

North of Violet there are recognizable structures, often leaning drastically and filled with mold. I have a photo of a big U-Haul truck up in a tree that was north of Violet. It is next to a reasonably intact building (but I wouldn't want to try to live in it).

Once you get into southern St. Bernard, south of Violet and towards Yscloskey there are very few remaining structures. Mostly it's just three steps leading to nowhere (instead of a porch), if that, with unrecognizable pieces of debris spread all about and cars tossed all around. Miles of phone poles all leaned nearly to the horizontal and it was difficult to get through on the highway because of the wires. I am talking about what I saw in September down there, and St. Bernard may have been cleaned up to some extent since that time.

The devastation in southern St. Bernard was awful and like nothing I have ever seen before. I do not think anybody who stayed could have lived down there, and as I saw it I very nearly passed out from the horror of that realization (literally).
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#9 Postby dhweather » Tue Nov 01, 2005 1:47 pm

St. Bernard Parish will have more trouble returning to "normal" than
any other in Southeast LA. The damage there is beyond comprehension.
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#10 Postby skysummit » Tue Nov 01, 2005 2:54 pm

Just think...that's not the only car on top of a roof either. I've seen countless cars, trucks, and boats on top of roofs. Most of them are in St. Bernard Parish. It's truly unbelievable what a human eye goes through witnessing those areas first hand.
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#11 Postby Brent » Tue Nov 01, 2005 3:00 pm

:eek:
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#12 Postby bevgo » Tue Nov 01, 2005 4:23 pm

I believe the picture. I have been to St Bernard parish and it is just horrible. Here in MS I saw a fridge on top of a house in the St. Martin area. There are many amazing sights. I agree too that it would be all but impossible for anyone to survive if they stayed for the storm. I know some did in the Chalmette but lower than Chalmette..........
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#13 Postby f5 » Tue Nov 01, 2005 4:35 pm

Super Katrina?just goes to show you how strong she was she picked up cars put it on roofs,put furniture on roofs in mississippi,pick up casinos than drop it on hotels hecks she even picked up an oil rig than ran it into a bridge over in mobile
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#14 Postby Jam151 » Tue Nov 29, 2005 5:00 pm

One of my relatives in Buccanneer Villa (Chalmette area) had a 2nd floor house, and the water line was five feet up the wall on the second floor. The water didn't come in like a raging river unless you were near a levee breach. So everything just began to float. Another one of my relatives lived in Violet, but the water only got as high as the ceiling. :roll:
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#15 Postby mike815 » Tue Nov 29, 2005 5:05 pm

Geez the power of Katrina :eek:
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#16 Postby JamesFromMaine2 » Tue Nov 29, 2005 6:29 pm

I am going to New Orleans in feb. with a church group to rebuild a church and some houses! I will have to remember to bring my Digital camera and take some photos and maybe some video well I am there!
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#17 Postby HurryKane » Tue Nov 29, 2005 7:02 pm

JamesFromMaine2 wrote:I am going to New Orleans in feb. with a church group to rebuild a church and some houses! I will have to remember to bring my Digital camera and take some photos and maybe some video well I am there!


Be sure and swing by Port of Call on Esplanade when you do, and grab a burger and a Monsoon. Mmm mmm good. :D

P.S. no doubt people there will greatly appreciate the work y'all will be doing. Good on ya.
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#18 Postby Lindaloo » Tue Nov 29, 2005 7:20 pm

Looks to me like a photo shop pic.
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#19 Postby Jim Cantore » Tue Nov 29, 2005 7:59 pm

I've seen several of these and I believe they are real because it seems logical that the water planted cars on rooftops
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#20 Postby Innotech » Tue Nov 29, 2005 11:31 pm

our company lost 17 trucks and a termnal in Chalmette. this is entirely feasible.
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