Doug Lynne's pictures
Taken from a plane on 3-11-06
 
Delacroix at the end of the road
Delacroix at the end of the road
Fort Proctor (Beauregard)  (I believe that is Shell Beach in the upper right of the photo and Old Shell Beach immediately behind the fort.) It is north of Shell Beach on Lake Borgne ( 1850-1874). The fort was never completed because of hurricane damage and the start of the Civil War. It is just west of the mouth of Bayou Yscloskey. It is one of a kind from that era because they used structural iron to help with the support of the walls. The fort was built on land to guard one of the west approaches to New Orleans but is now completely surrounded by water accessible only by boat. More pictures of Fort Proctor.
Fort Proctor (Beauregard)
Mississippi River Gulf Outlet (MRGO) opened in 1965 - Originally about 400 feet wide, it is now 1600-2000 feet wide. Katrina's surge came through MRGO to inundate the Lower 9th Ward, St. Bernard parish (Arabi, Chalmette) and New Orleans East. Look it up on the web, there is more than enough information. It is supposed to be a ship channel for deep draft ocean going ships but VERY few ships use it. Not only does it allow water to go out into the gulf of Mexico, but it allows salt water to intrude far into the state.
MRGO - Some of the repairwork being done to bring the MRGO levee up to its pre-Katrina elevation.  At this location, clay soils are being offloaded from barges.
If you look carefully, there is a pipeline that used to go over a levee. The levee along this part of MRGO is gone.
Industrial Canal levee break in the lower 9th ward.
Industrial Canal levee break in the lower 9th ward.
17th Street Canal levee break near Bellaire Dr. and Spencer Ave.- Lakeview
A pumping station next to I-610; Between Orleans Ave and Marconi Dr.
Evacuation
Wanderings
Levee Breaks
Levees
and
Breaks
Flooded Houses
UNO,
Ursuline, and
relatives houses.
Driving
Around
 
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Cleaning up and some fun pictures.
Christmas around town
Link copied from southbear.com which describes very well why the flood was so bad.
JEMS - Excellent description of what went on from EMS' point of view..
UNO pictures
The islands (Dauphin and Chandeleur) that protect our coastline an southern cities.
Miscelaneous satellite pictures.
More Katrina pictures from WWLTV.com
More pictures found on the web.
Lakeview pictures during the flood mailed to me 3-3-06
Lakeview Revisited - Pictures 7 months after Katrina taken in March 2006
The surge out at Michoud from WWLTV.com
Doug's fly over pictures of Katrina's damage on our swamps and southernmost towns. March 2006
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