Inside the Bowl

Every house in New Orleans will be checked by someone to determine if it’s habitable. Houses that are not safe to live in are given a red sticker. This house around the corner from us was being renovated before the storm. Its interior was gutted and the rebuilding work had not progressed very far. When the wind started blowing, the house just flattened. The red sticker was put on the front steps. The paper next to the red sticker is a note left by the Army Corps of Engineers advising the owner that this house was not eligable for the FEMA Blue Roof Program.

Government, who says it doesn’t work?