As we near the 5th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina and the flooding of New Orleans, I want to congratulate the U. S. Army Corps of Engineers for their magnificent style of building floodwalls. Never mind that their negligence took 1800 lives and flooded 80 per cent of the City. Never mind that thousands have never returned to their homes because there are none to return to. Never mind that we aged 10 years in one month and spent millions to rebuild our houses and that our hearts were broken as we buried friends.
Getting to this five year anniversary will be good for everyone. We'll hopefully be able to put it behind us, though never forget it. The City has a new Mayor who seems to be moving forward at great speed to rebuild it. The television, local and national, are full of Katrina stories, some not true and some grossly exaggerated. And, of course, they throw in the politics. We'll have to go through this again in five years when we celebrate the great oil gush of 2010--something to look forward to.........
On Sunday, I am having a big dinner with family and friends and am cooking my infamous barbecue shrimp---hopefully they won't be oily except for my olive oil and butter.