One year ago today in New Orleans
Oct. 14th, 2006 02:35 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
infrogmationRed Cross aid station pix, 14 October 2005.
FEMA prevented the Red Cross from entering the city back when people were actually dying of dehydration, but as parts of the city first officially reopened to locals the good folks of the Red Cross came in force. A number of stations handing out supplies to locals were set up around town. I only took photos at one of these once.
Freret Street blocked off; National Guard at check point to get in to Red Cross distribution center, giving out cleaning supplies, non perishable food and other aid late in the mornings. This was one of a number of such Red Cross aid stations around the city at the time. This area of Uptown, around Freret & Napoleon, had been flooded about chest deep.
Waiting in line. In the entrance was a table where one could ask for medical aid.
This day they were handing out coolers and bags of ice! Very popular in a city with very few functioning refrigerators.
Going down the line, picking up such things as MREs, mops, tarps, hand sanitizer, gloves. The coolers were usefull for hauling the "goodies" this day. Other days 5 gallon buckets were used similarly.
In addition to the MREs / TOTMs and the wrapped sandwiches specially formulated to remain stable for weeks, some of the post Katrina buffett had interesting packaging. I took this photo of a sample 2 days later:
A meal of rice and whatever was scrounged from the Red Cross was nicknamed "Red Cross & Rice" even if it wasn't Monday.
Sometimes some junk food (like little packages with 4 Oreo cookies-- Halloween treat size, it seems) were also availible, donated by various corporations.
Much was bland but most was generally inoffensive. One of the notorious exceptions was the canned Annheiser Busch "not for sale" emergency water, with sharp stale metalic taste-- white "Drinking Water" can seen in the center. Generally judged vile, it was nicknamed "Floodweiser" and used for washing or other non-drinking purposes (fortunately acceptible bottled water was handed out on other days).
FEMA prevented the Red Cross from entering the city back when people were actually dying of dehydration, but as parts of the city first officially reopened to locals the good folks of the Red Cross came in force. A number of stations handing out supplies to locals were set up around town. I only took photos at one of these once.
Freret Street blocked off; National Guard at check point to get in to Red Cross distribution center, giving out cleaning supplies, non perishable food and other aid late in the mornings. This was one of a number of such Red Cross aid stations around the city at the time. This area of Uptown, around Freret & Napoleon, had been flooded about chest deep.
Waiting in line. In the entrance was a table where one could ask for medical aid.
This day they were handing out coolers and bags of ice! Very popular in a city with very few functioning refrigerators.
Going down the line, picking up such things as MREs, mops, tarps, hand sanitizer, gloves. The coolers were usefull for hauling the "goodies" this day. Other days 5 gallon buckets were used similarly.
In addition to the MREs / TOTMs and the wrapped sandwiches specially formulated to remain stable for weeks, some of the post Katrina buffett had interesting packaging. I took this photo of a sample 2 days later:
A meal of rice and whatever was scrounged from the Red Cross was nicknamed "Red Cross & Rice" even if it wasn't Monday.
Sometimes some junk food (like little packages with 4 Oreo cookies-- Halloween treat size, it seems) were also availible, donated by various corporations.
Much was bland but most was generally inoffensive. One of the notorious exceptions was the canned Annheiser Busch "not for sale" emergency water, with sharp stale metalic taste-- white "Drinking Water" can seen in the center. Generally judged vile, it was nicknamed "Floodweiser" and used for washing or other non-drinking purposes (fortunately acceptible bottled water was handed out on other days).
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Date: 2006-10-14 06:13 am (UTC)I'm glad I missed the Floodweiser. I did get a Red Cross Dog that my dog also refused. And when I went to take a picture of the chuck wagon, my camera broke.
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Date: 2006-10-14 09:55 pm (UTC)