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I took a little road trip to Shell Beach which is appx 25 miles
south east of New Orleans proper. A hard hit fishing community.
There is a Hurricane Katrina memorial at the end of Yscloskey Hwy....
both on shore and in the water. It's also an area where fishermen take
their boats out to the giant Lake Borgne, it is along the Mississippi River
-Gulf Outlet (MRGO) which is an inlet the leads to the Gulf Of Mexico.
Remains of a meal for a seabird or otter, looking out over Loch Fyne. The parts of shell were scattered over the rocks, this was a 'posed' photo.
Cairn creator pointing out doomed cairn that he has chosen for demolition (third one, distant, in the background). Rock, ready to throw, in his left hand.
List of those in St. Bernard who lost their lives in Katrina, among are the elderly at St. Ritas Nursing Home who the owners did not evacuate (when families went to evacuate their loved ones, the owners promised families the elderly would be evacuated, they all drowned in St. Ritas, owners survived)
I took a little road trip to Shell Beach which is appx 25 miles
south east of New Orleans proper. A hard hit fishing community.
There is a Hurricane Katrina memorial at the end of Yscloskey Hwy....
both on shore and in the water. It's also an area where fishermen take
their boats out to the giant Lake Borgne, it is along the Mississippi River
-Gulf Outlet (MRGO) which is an inlet the leads to the Gulf Of Mexico.