Katrina - please look

[rosiebear]

Holy shit, Mo. I'm glad you posted this

[styme46]

Wow. Those are pretty powerful pictures.

[franklin]

those pictures are haunting, i can't even imagine.

[lilac05]

It's so surreal. Heartbreaking, infuriating, and so hard to believe that it was 10 years ago already. Thank you for sharing.

I just saw a clip of an interview recently from a restaurant owner in one of the areas that hasn't been rebuilt. She was talking about how people come in & tell her they want to help "save" the neighborhood, and she took offense at the word. It was really interesting, but I wasn't able to catch the whole thing.

[1confused1]

Absolutely heartbreaking.

[Deleted]

Those are amazingly haunting photos. I love photography because the poignant times are captured for us to see forever. Some of those pictures make me want to cry.

[aprilsails]

The devastation in those photos is unreal.

I've been hearing so much about New Orleans and the gulf coasts coming up on 10 years post-Katrina. It's actually incredible to me how much has been rebuilt in such a short period of time, and how many of my friends are travelling down there to Bourbon St. etc. I know that large swaths of the city were wiped out and have not recovered, and I feel so terrible for the families that have effectively been permanently displaced.

[cajunmom]

I still remember it like it was yesterday. Every single one of H's family members lost their homes with the exception of one aunt that lived on the Northshore. Even after all this time it's hard to wrap my mind around it all.

[curtains]

Thanks for posting. Those pictures are heartbreaking but need to be seen.

[housewife]

10 years later and I just can't even wrap my head around this.

[jeaniebueller]

Thanks for posting. Those photos are still shocking and amazing. Does anyone know if that lady who is holding the naked baby/toddler is the same one who was interviewed during the storm on NBC? I remember them interviewing a lady with kids who was at the superdome and the first time they spoke to her was at the beginning of the storm and she was really upbeat. And then when they touched base with her again a few days later, she was hysterical (understandably so) about the situation. It looks a lot like her. That interview will always stick with me.

[underwaterrhymes]

This is one of the more shameful things in our recent history and I'm still amazed that this wasn't a wake up call for more people that we are not a post-racial society.

It's such a fucking heartbreak.

[mlt]

Thank you for sharing.

[underwaterrhymes]

In other news, it seems asshole commenters haven't miraculously disappeared overnight.

[themoneytree]

Wow those are crazy. : (

[janegold]

Just incredible. Incredibly terrible.

[Jalapeñomel]

So hauntingly beautiful. It's hard to imagine that it was 10 years ago.

[papie]

So much devastation.  Heartbreaking.

[dreamcrisp1]

Wow. Devastating. When I was in New Orleans, our friend took us through some parts still untouched dice and it's so heartbreaking.

[crispnclean]

Very powerful photos. Heartbreaking. Thanks for sharing.

[Deleted]

I still remember the smell of the patients they pulled out of the nursing homes and flew into my hospital. The photos bring it back for me. The 14-hour shifts taking in helicopters and those poor people that had been submerged in water for days. Waiting by the phone to hear from family and friends was the worst part.

[thebuddhagouda]

Ten years seems like such a long time. Then, I look at the photos and it's like it was yesterday. So much fear. So much pain. So much shock. And in the grand scheme, all I lost was a job and a few possessions. I was fortunate.

[Pom]

I hope we never forget this tragedy and that we've learned to manage these situations better. My heart hurts looking at the suffering in those photos.

[gummybear]

Those poor people. It's it just incredible how lives can be changed and torn apart in the blink of an eye. So much destruction.

[oliveyou]

So heartbreaking

[nahoku]

Hard to look at. Thanks for sharing. I can't believe it's been 10 years.

[oliviapope]

It really doesn't seem like 10 years ago. I've seen lots of images from Katrina, but never these. Thank you for sharing.

[FloFTW]

Thank you for sharing. Those are heartbreaking images.

I was 18 on September 11, 2001 and 22 for Katrina. Even though I was not in New York or New Orleans...I know that witnessing everything and all the politics immediately after really shaped my worldview. They are defining events for my generation.

[VeryViolet]

Thanks for sharing these. New Orleans is such an amazing city and I think the rebuilding and growth that has happened in 10 years is a testament to that. However, it is so important that we don't forget the devastation that occurred and the shameful way it was dealt with.

The pictures all were so haunting and I know it is so cliche but the pictures of the kids and babies really got to me. I just can't imagine the fear and terror I would feel if that were my baby.

[Deleted]

I was just starting student teaching when this happened, it felt so surreal to see this happen and try and discuss with students. It's a shame that after 10 years, so much of New Orleans still hasn't recovered.