Jim's Journeys

New Orleans in Conradiction
Four Months after Katrina and the Music Plays On
4 minutes 50 seconds, 10.1 mgs

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Weekly at Noon on Wednesday
January 18, 2006

New Orleans suffers from the effects of Hurricaine Katrina 131 days later.

Visits to the French Quarter, Ninth Ward, and an interlude featuring Rebecca Berry on Saxaphone.

The city remains in shock and confusion four months later.

Next week will be on New Orleans too.

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My illusion of security is shattered after seeing New Orleans.

I know now, that any time the forces of nature want me or anything I own, surender is not negoiated. It is a fact.

People there went through the end of the world, city-wide Armageddon. Rich, poor, all races, all ages, all species suffered with equanimity. The beast of the human spirit was awakened, primordial fear struck many hearts.

What happened is bigger than the loss of property and life. It is of a realm larger than our buildings, larger than our presumptions about nature and technology. All systems failed and the power revealed itself. We were remineded of how fragile we really are.

I can't tell the story of New Orleans and Katrina, it is too big for me. I can tell my story while I was there and that's what y'all get.

Next week is more from New Orleans.