New Orleans 2010; The Fifth Anniversary of Hurricane Katrina

New Orleans is major United States port, and the largest city in the states of Louisiana, United States. It’s population is approximately 1,189,981. In 2005, Hurricane Katrina struck New Orleans killing approximately 1,500 people and there are people who are still unaccounted for. The main damages of hurricane was caused by the Federal levee system which broke during the hurricane flooding many parts of the city specifically the Lower Ninth Ward. Today, thousands those have not returned due to the major damages of the hurricane. These people lost their homes, families and found no solution but have a new beginning somewhere else.

You may go to the post “The Reconstruction of the Lower Ninth Ward” to see the video about the after effects of the Hurricane Katrina.

: A “Welcome to New Orleans” (NO) at the airport.

: Venice which is located in Lousiana, is where the worst oil spill in US history is taking place.

: People are painting the bus for a group of musicians in a festival in New Orleans.

: A series of private boats are parked at the deck in Venice for people to go fishing.

: Boats are parked at the deck in Venice, which is big market for fish.

: People playing music for money in the streets of the French Quarter.

: A painted wall on a sidewalk, which is also commonly seen in New Orleans.

: A view of a street in the French Quarter in New Orleans during a rainy day.

: A man wearing materials painted in silver to look like a robot as an entertainment act in exchnage for money on the streets of the French Quarter in New Orleans.

: A shack selling colorful shirts, which usually are worn by hippies, were being sold at a jass festival in New Orleans.

: People sitting under and around a tree during the afternoon waiting for a concert to start.

: A couple of private boats parked at a deck.

: Colorful and artisitis buildings especially windows and doors are commonly seen in New Orleans.

: A man painting a portrait of a man and woman on the streets of the French Quarter in exchnage of money.

: A tourist looking at a series of paintings on the streets of the French Quarter, which is the biggest tourist attraction.

: A man painting a series of paintings of the emblem of New Orleans while tourists walk around in the streets of the French Quarter.

: A man painted in gold taking a still position to look like a statue as entertainment in exchnage of money.

: Tourists take a tour on a carriage with a tour guide for $15 in the French Quarter to see the historic and significant places on the popular street.

: A Roof Top

: Tourists walk on the streets of New Orleans.

: Clothes are sold in shacks in the French Market in the French Men St. in New Orleans.

: The door to the French Market, which is a popular shopping destination in French Men St., New Orleans.

: There are still thousands of homes that are not being sold or reconstructed in New Orleans after they were destroyed in Hurricane Katrina.

: Many of the houses in New Orleans especially in the Lower Ninth Ward remain abondened and damaged because of Hurricane Katrina.

: This tree was placed there by Hurricane Katrina, and still after five years, it remains there.

: This boat was also moved there from water to land after Hurricane Katrina, and still after five years, it remains there.

: After Hurricane Katrina, homes which have lost their doors and windows are replaced with wooden boards instead.

: Damages of Hurricane Katrina are still seen today in homes.

: Damages of Hurricane Katrina are still seen today in homes in New Orleans.

: After Hurricane Katrina, rescue teams left X marks with numbers to show how many people or animals were found dead, and the damages caused.

: As a result of the flood that was caused by Hurricane Katrina, roads look cracked like this in the Lower Ninth Ward in New Orleans.

: A view of the waters of New Orleans from a bridge.

: Marks like this one were sprayed into the doors, windows and walls by rescure teams after Hurricane katrina struck New Orleans to show the number of bodies of people and animals found in the home, and what were the damages.

: Many houses still look like this in New Orleans due to Hurricane Katrina. The square opening on the roof were made by either rescuers or the people who lived the house themselves to get out of the flooded home.

: A picture of a park in New Orleans.

: A greek-styled park in New Orleans.

: A view of the waters of New Orleans from a bridge.

: Some burials in cemeteries in New Orleans have statues on top of them. Some statues are religious and/or greek-styled.

: A cross stands on top of a burial, and a statue stands on another.

: A statue stands on top of a burial with the American flag it’s side.

: A statue stands on a burial which is low whereas, the burials that surround this one are high off the ground where a statue stands on the top.

: A large angelic statue stands on top of a burial with a the christian cross infront of it.

: A cemetery in New Orleans.

: Burials in a cemetery.

: Many of the homes in New Orleans have baleconies like this one.

: A window that was damaged after Hurricane Katrina

: Beed Necklaces are thrown in trees in streets in New Orleans during the Mardi Gras Festival, which is one of the most popular festivals in the world.

: The roof top of a church with a church bell and a cross on top.

: Some bodies were left lying in the streets after Hurricane Katrina so they buried by the people who found them on the streets.

: Graffitis in New Orleans are commonly seen on walls especially in less priviliged areas.

: The reconstructed homes in New Orleans are highly elevated so that if another hurricane struck the city and causes a flood, the damages would be less severe.

: Another home left damaged and abandoned in New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina. This is commonly seen in New Orleans.

: A common design of building in New Orleans especially in the French Quarter where many tall buildings stand.

: People walking down a street of the French Quarter where a series of unique shopping stores stand.

: Streets of the French Quarter.

: The passage way of the metro at the airport that takes you to different exit gates.

: Buildings of New Orleans

: Buildings of the French Quarter

: A view of the buildings in the French Quarter

: During a summer Jazz festival in New Orleans people were riding boats in the lake, or either sitting or walking around it.

: During a summer Jass festival in New Orleans, people were sitting around a lake either chatting and drinkng lemonade or watching peope ride the boats.