As much as Orleans Parish has suffered, St.Bernard and Plaquemines further down the Mississippi fared even worse. Here, the St Bernard governmental building remains completely gutted in Nov 2009.
The fire dept. in Port Sulphur has obviously not been repaired
Halliburton knows exactly what is going on on the LA Gulf Coast. Their facilities are sinking into the water.
Here, the bayou begins to take over the road just south of Venice LA.
Here, even more of the road is bayou. It had not rained here at all in four days.
Further down, there is no dry road in sight, but a refinery is visible to the left. I did not drive further.
A giant waste heap streches hundreds of yards along the road.
Lots of facility buildings have yet to be repaired.
Some industry campuses seem to be in the water all the time now.
Mr Perez was not a fan of Roosevelt.
A large limb still hangs from a power line.
Since the grid is close here, I assume these solar panels send current down along the equipment into the ground to prevent corrosion.
Coal piled up near an industrial site.
An industrial site badly in need of repair, but most US infrastructure looks no better. (This kind of poor quality is unusual in the EU.) For more explanatory text, see http://notesfromotherside.blogspot.com/2009/11/blue-bayou.html
