Away from that part of town, we could drive on any side of the street that we wanted, ... It was quiet, too quiet. |
I have a couple of lists that I can refer to throughout the day, but I don't have the official 'FAT' book yet. Yes, it really is called the FAT (Federal Acronym and Terms) book. And no, you can't speak a sentence around here without using an acronym, |
It looked to me like the world had ended. One second, it was a bustling city. The next second, people vanished. It just looked like, all of a sudden, everybody was gone. |
It was like a ghost town, |
It's a large task, but I'm very excited by the challenge, |
Roxie (the neighbor) greeted me at her front door holding a 'hurricane baby,' ... It turns out that Roxie ... is housing five adults, a teenager, two infants (preemie twin boys born five days before the hurricane and weighing 3 1/2 and 4 1/2 pounds), two dogs, two cats and an iguana -- all evacuees of New Orleans. This is in addition to her own family. |
The long-term recovery is going to be very long, with the amount of devastation, |
They are definitely getting more organized, |
We could only get to about 40 percent of the city, ... The remainder is still under water. |