Lower Ninth Ward Residents See Their Homes (NPR)

[Up2Late]

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Lower Ninth Ward Residents See Their Homes

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by Anthony Brooks

Morning Edition, December 2, 2005 · Residents of New Orleans' Lower Ninth Ward were allowed to return to their homes Thursday for the first time since Hurricane Katrina hit. Residents were permitted to stay for the day and had to leave by sundown.

For Helen Walker, 63, it was an emotional day. "It's really devastating to come back and look at something that you have worked for half of your life -- and it's all gone," she says.

Since Katrina struck, Helen Walker has been living with friends and family in Mississippi. She says she applied for a trailer home from FEMA more than a month ago, but has heard nothing since then.

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[EFerrari]

1. "had to leave by sundown"

A fine tradition, now government sponsored.

:puke:

[Up2Late]

2. Yes, reminds me of Forsyth County here in Georgia...

...that was still the unspoken "law" even back in the 1980's.

[EFerrari]

3. I'd no idea until I heard this author on BookTV.

His mission is to out these places.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/156584887X/103-3022710-6453411?v=glance&n=283155