Arlo and Janis by Jimmy Johnson for October 05, 2005
October 04, 2005
October 06, 2005
Transcript:
"Can you imagine picking through the rubble of your own home?" "Looking for any usable item to make starting over a little easier?" "Hoping the most destructive forces of nature have left you something?" "Can you imagine anything more depressing?"
We made three trips to New Orleans after Katrina hit. Demolition, cleanup, restoration were our objective. The devastation was unbelievable. Even a couple of years after, folks were still clinging on to belongings that survived, becoming hoarders of damaged and worthless junk still in plastic trash bags and strewn about. It it was theirs! Who could blame them? Some of the best of humanity appears after these events. It is too bad that it takes events such as this to unite us.