tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11904671.post112795562452989370..comments2023-08-25T03:21:41.842-07:00Comments on The Petch House: Número DosGreghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02807710209656158413noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11904671.post-1160283602615498622006-10-07T22:00:00.000-07:002006-10-07T22:00:00.000-07:00I guess it's how you want to look at things. I'm n...I guess it's how you want to look at things. I'm not saying you're wrong, it's just that the point I was trying to make was that the city was not a hopeless lost cause you would think if all you know you learned from the evening news. I saw nothing but utter and complete destruction on the news, but my sister and her family - who still live in NO to this day - did not suffer a complete loss.<BR/><BR/>I was in the Loma Preita earthquake in Santa Cruz in 1989. I remember watch the evening news and hearing reports that MY CITY was "wiped off the map". I lost a planter and a few pictures were knocked off the wall. Everybody’s experience is different. You need to put what I wrote in the context of what was being reported in the first few days after the disaster.<BR/><BR/>Also take in to consideration that my sister and her family, after they were evacuated, had know idea what the state of their property and belongings - their lives - were in the city they love. As news trickled in, and they were allowed back, they found that they had not lost everything and the city was not completely wiped off the map. She was happy and I was happy for her. I wrote about it.<BR/><BR/>Should I apologize because my sister did not lose everything.Greghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02807710209656158413noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11904671.post-1160281708499652082006-10-07T21:28:00.000-07:002006-10-07T21:28:00.000-07:00I'm sorry, I just stumbled on your blog, and I don...I'm sorry, I just stumbled on your blog, and I don't think there's any humanity in saying that the historic garden district and Bourbon St. and so on make New Orleans New Orleans. The people make New Orleans -- that is, including the majority black population -- and not the privileged folk and their property, the most prestigious property in the Southern states. Sorry, but there's something so wrong about saying everything's great because the tourist attractions are up and running. If your sister STILL didn't have electricity at the time of writing -- having suffered minimal damage to her home -- how much worse off are the masses of poor, mainly black folks whose people's history and culture really make New Orleans New Orleans? Please don't forget about them just because the city's eye candy and upper middle classes survived intact.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11904671.post-1128420604121787582005-10-04T03:10:00.000-07:002005-10-04T03:10:00.000-07:00Glad to hear your sister and family are OK. And I...Glad to hear your sister and family are OK. And I'm so pleased to hear the old part of New Orleans survived... when we visited a few years ago it was clear that they were the 'heart' of the place and what made it so special. If the old part had been destroyed I don't think it could have recovered.Lynettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07218371121866960300noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11904671.post-1128029852863937922005-09-29T14:37:00.000-07:002005-09-29T14:37:00.000-07:00you know...i really dont see anythig wrong with a ...you know...i really dont see anythig wrong with a little over-designing...i mean...you have to leave something for future homeowners to someday stumble across and go "wtf?!" over!<BR/><BR/>Hooray for your fam in N.O. Can you even imagine the party that next year's mardi gras is going to be?meridethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13088775088321349254noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11904671.post-1128021584294291112005-09-29T12:19:00.000-07:002005-09-29T12:19:00.000-07:00I'm so glad to hear your sister's house and job is...I'm so glad to hear your sister's house and job is OK. And hurray for Mardi Gras!Khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14419829266401536453noreply@blogger.com