tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1677108722778516534.post7167510760204737593..comments2023-09-27T03:58:56.646-06:00Comments on Bessemer Opinions: Lower Ninth Ward, Part 3, Industrial Canal AreaJoehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10842576168520693461noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1677108722778516534.post-33229654824944821102008-07-30T17:08:00.000-06:002008-07-30T17:08:00.000-06:00I understand your reaction, Loretta. My visit in ...I understand your reaction, Loretta. My visit in 2006 left me in sort of the same way.<BR/><BR/>Oh, I plan to add you to my blogroll when I get a minute. I enjoy yours.Joehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10842576168520693461noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1677108722778516534.post-16025379893785041562008-07-30T16:59:00.000-06:002008-07-30T16:59:00.000-06:00I toured these exact areas when I was in New Orlea...I toured these exact areas when I was in New Orleans for the Drug Policy Alliance conference in December. I had a very visceral reaction to the devastation and spent the rest of the night in my room pondering the horror of it all.Loretta Nallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10598106614871958352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1677108722778516534.post-65326727846506019812008-07-29T10:23:00.000-06:002008-07-29T10:23:00.000-06:00We were in MRB last week, as you know, but I forgo...We were in MRB last week, as you know, but I forgot to tell you. I looked and saw no evidence of a lock on the door. Of course it is a gay bar now, and many of them are open 24 hour. We were there in the middle of the day.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1677108722778516534.post-30053433188044676752008-07-29T08:48:00.000-06:002008-07-29T08:48:00.000-06:00i was in in betsy in 65. i stayed at our shop on a...i was in in betsy in 65. i stayed at our shop on a canal off lake <BR/>ponchartrain til the last minute then sought refuge with some friends at an apartment complex near the metarie end of the causeway. we and lots of others spent the night in the second floor hallway as many if not most of the apartment windows blew out. the seven seas bar down on st philip st [now the mrb] never closed. in those days there was no lock on the door,,open 24/7.<BR/>the bathroom roof blew off of art's bucktown camp and remained that way forever. it was kinda nice sitting in there at night.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com