Long Live Rocheblave
I just received the first picture of my house in New Orleans, post Katrina. Looks pretty good. The windows did not explode, my roof is still on. The sycamore out front topped itself. Long live Rocheblave.
From my nephew--"The door's wide open to the crack house next to [across street] -- don't know if that's normal -- also saw the only sign of animal life on Bienville -- white dog that ran down alley and under a house when we drove past -- no cats . . . hmmm . . .
Weird, weird city right now -- like it's caught between breaths -- in some areas, clearly a construction site -- but never fully -- a power crew here, a sewage crew there (one at your corner Rocheblave/xxxx) -- a few independent contractors -- but mostly not much of anything."
whew!
did the flood waters get inside?
Apparently but maybe only a few inches. Now what it's going to look like by the time I get there (two months after the flood) is another story. Still, tearing out and replacing bottom four feet of sheetrock and insulation and replacing one room of carpet and probably the bathroom linoleum and an appliance or two will be much easier than what was involved with the initial gut renovation, or so I tell myself. Water should be potable in my neighborhood, soon (which would give me considerable luxury over first renovation), so, biggest question now is how my efforts will dovetail with the current renters needs, and what to do with their stuff if I get there before they do.
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I just received the first picture of my house in New Orleans, post Katrina. Looks pretty good. The windows did not explode, my roof is still on. The sycamore out front topped itself. Long live Rocheblave.
From my nephew--"The door's wide open to the crack house next to [across street] -- don't know if that's normal -- also saw the only sign of animal life on Bienville -- white dog that ran down alley and under a house when we drove past -- no cats . . . hmmm . . .
Weird, weird city right now -- like it's caught between breaths -- in some areas, clearly a construction site -- but never fully -- a power crew here, a sewage crew there (one at your corner Rocheblave/xxxx) -- a few independent contractors -- but mostly not much of anything."
- jimlouis 10-05-2005 3:35 pm
whew!
did the flood waters get inside?
- mark 10-05-2005 8:02 pm [add a comment]
Apparently but maybe only a few inches. Now what it's going to look like by the time I get there (two months after the flood) is another story. Still, tearing out and replacing bottom four feet of sheetrock and insulation and replacing one room of carpet and probably the bathroom linoleum and an appliance or two will be much easier than what was involved with the initial gut renovation, or so I tell myself. Water should be potable in my neighborhood, soon (which would give me considerable luxury over first renovation), so, biggest question now is how my efforts will dovetail with the current renters needs, and what to do with their stuff if I get there before they do.
- jimlouis 10-05-2005 10:33 pm [add a comment]