https://sofiaviolet.dreamwidth.org/ picked a handful of violets in my name - Dreamwidth Studios Wed, 04 May 2011 00:17:01 GMT LiveJournal / Dreamwidth Studios sofiaviolet personal https://v2.dreamwidth.org/70934/101964 https://sofiaviolet.dreamwidth.org/ 98 98 https://sofiaviolet.dreamwidth.org/510906.html Wed, 04 May 2011 00:17:01 GMT https://sofiaviolet.dreamwidth.org/510906.html <span style='white-space: nowrap;'><a href='https://erika.dreamwidth.org/profile'><img src='https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png' alt='[personal profile] ' width='17' height='17' style='vertical-align: text-bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;' /></a><a href='https://erika.dreamwidth.org/'><b>erika</b></a></span> asked: <q>did Katrina change NOLA totally, or is it still basically the same city? What major changes have there been / took place because of Katrina?</q> <br /><br /> New Orleans mostly feels recovered to me, but A) I only visit and B) I think a lot of the remaining damage has become the new normal. I mean, my parents still don't have kitchen cabinets or counters and it's just, like, whatever. <br /><br /> <span class="cut-wrapper"><span style="display: none;" id="span-cuttag___1" class="cuttag"></span><b class="cut-open">(&nbsp;</b><b class="cut-text"><a href="https://sofiaviolet.dreamwidth.org/510906.html#cutid1">kinda disjointed</a></b><b class="cut-close">&nbsp;)</b></span><div style="display: none;" id="div-cuttag___1" aria-live="assertive"></div><br /><br /> I have no info on how the surrounding areas are doing; I expect the city itself is one of the most highly-recovered areas. <br /><br /> It doesn't feel the same, but it doesn't feel wrong or broken or irreparably damaged.<br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=sofiaviolet&ditemid=510906" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> comments https://sofiaviolet.dreamwidth.org/510906.html three weeks for dreamwidth new orleans fonsfaq meme public 9