Need, Greed and Oodles of Red Tape: A Visit to Yscloskey ...
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If there is one thing I believe, it is that one should always stay true to oneself. So I must say that I whole heartedly disagree with and am rather angered by those who would say that they are “glad” this incident occurred. Yes, it is good that some very important issues are being brought to the publics attention, but this is all to horrible, to dastardly to ever be “glad” for.
Now that I have gotten that out, on with the story. Tuesday I took Rain (a very interesting young man from idaho) back to Yscloskey, Louisiana, where he is staying in a travel trailer with his grandfather at the former home of Captain Ricky Robin (a local fisherman). The actual house on the property, I am told is the only house in the area that was left standing after Katrina and it only survived because it is held aloft at least fifteen feet in the air by and anchored to large concrete columns. Though the house is still standing it is clear that it was almost a total loss and is definitely not habitable. Just across the street from Ricky’s is a pile of debris which includes a Port-o-pot, piles like this one litter the bayous around NOLA, a constant reminder of the hardships these communities have already suffered and are far from overcoming.
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Need, Greed and Oodles of Red Tape: A Visit to Yscloskey, Louisiana, Part 2 So, we promptly located a perow boat (the kind cajun children use to learn the trade), a paddle and some rope. Then we set the boat in the canal and headed |