The flood water washed away the soil in most of the neighborhoods near the break in the levee.
This was once a lovely neighborhood where families celebrated their children's lives. Children walked to school, church and the playgrounds. This was the tax base of New Orleans where working class lived together--doctors, plumbers, lawyers, electricians, business shop owners etc. Now it is all empty.
Notice the water line on the house. I said I would keep up this photo journal for a year but I get heartsick each time I see this. I venture to say this area will be the same on August 29, 2006, one year since Hurricane Katrina.