Saturday, June 03, 2006

Day 1 - New York to Chalmette, New Orleans



We flew into New Orleans International Airport around 1PM. The weather is steaming. As the jet did the landing approach we got a glimpse of the winding Mississippi River.


If you take a closer look, you can see some houses with the blue roofs. The blue is plastic tarp to cover the damaged roofs.









The Superdome. About 10,000 people took shelter here at the height of hurricane Katrina. With so many people there were reports of crime and violence within. How bad it was depends on who you ask. To get a sense of the scale of the structure, click on the third pic.