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28th August, 2005. The day before the storm, Katrina eve, New Orleans, Louisiana. Thousands of people seek shelter inside the New Orleans Saints' Superdome the 'shelter of last resort.' People at first waited outside until the first feeder bands arrived and started dropping rain. At which point people were brought inside to be searched for weapons, drugs and alcohol before being processed. The elderly were bussed in from nursing homes and were dumped in holding areas just off the field. The authorities attempted to prevent the media gaining access to the inside of the Superdome - for obvious reasons! Please note - Photograph use is strictly restricted to EDITORIAL use only. No model releases are supplied unless stipulated. Cutting/copying/pasting images for media/web sites/blog use without permission constitutes copyright theft. For any other use please contact varleypix.com. Thank you. All images ©varleypix.com

August 29th , 2005. Hurricane Katrina slams New Orleans. The storm howled, sucking glass from the Hyatt Hotel. Mayor Ray Nagin learned the levees had crumbled. Floodwaters swept into the city. The desperate attempt to rescue her citizens began. The city was plunged into chaos and darkness. The largest natural disaster in American history claimed 1,833 souls. 70% of the housing stock was inundated. Please note - Photograph use is strictly restricted to EDITORIAL or personal use only. No model releases are supplied unless stipulated. Cutting/copying/pasting images for media/web sites/blog use without permission constitutes copyright theft. For any other use please contact varleypix.com. Thank you. All images ©varleypix.com

Hurricane Katrina aftermath. 30th August 2005, Katrina +1 day. Desperate scenes from the military triage unit at the Superdome, evacuees rescued from flood waters in the 9th ward.,

31st August, 2005. 'Hell on earth.' The Superdome in New Orleans, Louisiana where over 20,000 refugees from hurricane Katrina are crammed into hellish conditions. Soldiers, children, mothers, fathers, grandparents, young and old trapped out in the baking heat awaiting busses. The makeshift field hospital at the New Orleans Arena, now the Smoothie king Center. Tourists rescued by the National Guard. People rescued in trucks. Mayor Ray Nagin. Exhaustion. First bus evacuation. Please note - Photograph use is strictly restricted to EDITORIAL use only. No model releases are supplied unless stipulated. Cutting/copying/pasting images for media/web sites/blog use without permission constitutes copyright theft. For any other use please contact varleypix.com. Thank you. All images ©varleypix.com

01 Sept, 2005. Hurricane Katrina. The mass evacuation of New Orleans begins. People collapse in the heat as massed crowds await their call to busses taking them out of the Superdome and away from New Orleans to destinations unknown. Nervous State Troopers and National Guardsmen hold back 20,000 people before as many as possible are evacuated. Foreign tourists wait it out at the Hyatt Hotel for busses arranged by various embassies to get them out. Please note - Photograph use is strictly restricted to EDITORIAL or personal use only. No model releases are supplied unless stipulated. Cutting/copying/pasting images for media/web sites/blog use without permission constitutes copyright theft. For any other use please contact varleypix.com. Thank you. All images ©varleypix.com

2nd Sept, 2005. New Orleans, Louisiana. Local residents and British tourists trapped at the Hyatt in New Orleans prepare to evacuate. The Watson family. Allen family. Children trapped at the Superdome in the baking heat awaiting busses. Mayor Ray Nagin and the press. Media. LA Times, Daily Mirror, New Orleans Advocate, Miami Herald and more. Photo Credit; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com Please note - Photograph use is strictly restricted to EDITORIAL use only. No model releases are supplied unless stipulated. Cutting/copying/pasting images for media/web sites/blog use without permission constitutes copyright theft. For any other use please contact varleypix.com. Thank you. All images ©varleypix.com

Post hurricane Katrina, abandoned nursing home residents, French Quarter, Jesus with broken fingers, Central Business District (CBD) and Audubon Zoo after the storm. Please note - Photograph use is strictly restricted to EDITORIAL or personal use only. No model releases are supplied unless stipulated. Cutting/copying/pasting images for media/web sites/blog use without permission constitutes copyright theft. For any other use please contact varleypix.com. Thank you. All images ©varleypix.com

04 Sept 2005. New Orleans, Louisiana. Post hurricane Katrina. Oprah Winfrey, US talk show host, visits the Hyatt Hotel in New Orleans as she prepares to survey the hurricane damage with Mayor Nagin. Oprah interviews Nagin. The boys from Unisys fly in to rebuild the city's critical information infrastructure. Please note - Photograph use is strictly restricted to EDITORIAL use only. No model releases are supplied unless stipulated. Cutting/copying/pasting images for media/web sites/blog use without permission constitutes copyright theft. For any other use please contact varleypix.com. Thank you. All images ©varleypix.com

New Orleans, Louisiana, Hurricane Katrina aftermath, fire, superdome, discarded body, abandoned nursing home residents, makeshift grave, national guard, flooding uptown, submerged cars, animal rescue, flooded businesses and more. Please note - Photograph use is strictly restricted to EDITORIAL or personal use only. No model releases are supplied unless stipulated. Cutting/copying/pasting images for media/web sites/blog use without permission constitutes copyright theft. For any other use please contact varleypix.com. Thank you. All images ©varleypix.com

New Orleans, Louisiana, New Orleans East, hurricane Katrina, national guard, discarded rotten bodies, mud filled ravaged homes, rescue boats, devastated homes, dumped bodies and more. Please note - Photograph use is strictly restricted to EDITORIAL or personal use only. No model releases are supplied unless stipulated. Cutting/copying/pasting images for media/web sites/blog use without permission constitutes copyright theft. For any other use please contact varleypix.com. Thank you. All images ©varleypix.com

New Orleans, Louisiana, Hurricane Katrina aftermath, Harrah's casino, French Quarter, crushed car, infrared free space optic radio, Hyatt hotel, Office of Emergency Management. Please note - Photograph use is strictly restricted to EDITORIAL or personal use only. No model releases are supplied unless stipulated. Cutting/copying/pasting images for media/web sites/blog use without permission constitutes copyright theft. For any other use please contact varleypix.com. Thank you. All images ©varleypix.com

New Orleans, Louisiana, Hurricane Katrina aftermath, 17th street canal, looters will be shot, New Orleans East, deserted streets. Please note - Photograph use is strictly restricted to EDITORIAL or personal use only. No model releases are supplied unless stipulated. Cutting/copying/pasting images for media/web sites/blog use without permission constitutes copyright theft. For any other use please contact varleypix.com. Thank you. All images ©varleypix.com

Hurricane Rita evacuation. Traffic backs up on the east bound Interstate 10 on the Louisiana/Texas border as residents ironically flee toward New Orleans away from the projected path of Hurricane Rita. Please note - Photograph use is strictly restricted to EDITORIAL or personal use only. No model releases are supplied unless stipulated. Cutting/copying/pasting images for media/web sites/blog use without permission constitutes copyright theft. For any other use please contact varleypix.com. Thank you. All images ©varleypix.com

Port Arthur, Texas. Hurricane Rita evacuation. The deserted streets of downtown Port Arthur, evacuated by almost all residents. Please note - Photograph use is strictly restricted to EDITORIAL or personal use only. No model releases are supplied unless stipulated. Cutting/copying/pasting images for media/web sites/blog use without permission constitutes copyright theft. For any other use please contact varleypix.com. Thank you. All images ©varleypix.com

Hurricane Rita. Beaumont Texas looters, Cameron parish flooding, storm raging. Police from the Beaumont rapid reaction force arrest looters who they captured breaking into a Chevron petrol station just off interstate 10. TV crews in the storm, Cameron parish cut off. Please note - Photograph use is strictly restricted to EDITORIAL or personal use only. No model releases are supplied unless stipulated. Cutting/copying/pasting images for media/web sites/blog use without permission constitutes copyright theft. For any other use please contact varleypix.com. Thank you. All images ©varleypix.com

Hurricane Rita aftermath. Hurricane Rita destroyed Cameron Parish. Aaron Stokes and his dog Maggie check on family property ravaged by the storm as he tours the swamps and bayou's checking on neighbours and their homes. Oil platforms, oil spills, FEMA, flooding, dead animals. Please note - Photograph use is strictly restricted to EDITORIAL or personal use only. No model releases are supplied unless stipulated. Cutting/copying/pasting images for media/web sites/blog use without permission constitutes copyright theft. For any other use please contact varleypix.com. Thank you. All images ©varleypix.com

Please note - Photograph use is strictly restricted to EDITORIAL or personal use only. No model releases are supplied unless stipulated. Cutting/copying/pasting images for media/web sites/blog use without permission constitutes copyright theft. For any other use please contact varleypix.com. Thank you. All images ©varleypix.com

New Orleans, Louisiana. Lower 9th ward one month after hurricane Katrina stormed ashore. The remnants of the lives of ordinary folks, now covered in mud as the flood waters recede. The battered remains of the streets. Clean up of WinnDixie with pressure washers. Music returns to the Maple leaf with Walter 'Wolfman' Washington. Please note - Photograph use is strictly restricted to EDITORIAL or personal use only. No model releases are supplied unless stipulated. Cutting/copying/pasting images for media/web sites/blog use without permission constitutes copyright theft. For any other use please contact varleypix.com. Thank you. All images ©varleypix.com

Hurricane Katrina aftermath. The destruction of the Lower 9th ward in New Orleans. Please note - Photograph use is strictly restricted to EDITORIAL or personal use only. No model releases are supplied unless stipulated. Cutting/copying/pasting images for media/web sites/blog use without permission constitutes copyright theft. For any other use please contact varleypix.com. Thank you. All images ©varleypix.com

Hurricane Katrina aftermath. Smashed yachts at the Southern Yacht Club on the shores of Lake Pontchatrain in Lakeshore, New Orleans. Electric lines restored. Lakeview destruction. Please note - Photograph use is strictly restricted to EDITORIAL or personal use only. No model releases are supplied unless stipulated. Cutting/copying/pasting images for media/web sites/blog use without permission constitutes copyright theft. For any other use please contact varleypix.com. Thank you. All images ©varleypix.com

Hurricane Katrina aftermath and clean up. Tinsley Sammons retrieves the little he can from his home severely mouldy home in the Arabi neighbourhood after the devastating floods which filled his house to the ceiling with water and toxic mud. Electricity lines are repaired. Please note - Photograph use is strictly restricted to EDITORIAL or personal use only. No model releases are supplied unless stipulated. Cutting/copying/pasting images for media/web sites/blog use without permission constitutes copyright theft. For any other use please contact varleypix.com. Thank you. All images ©varleypix.com

Katrina aftermath. Refrigerators line the sidewalks and streets of Uptown neighbourhoods as residents return and throw away the fetid, stinking appliances. Many are taped shut to prevent them from opening. Someone has written, 'Voodoo here today now 5,' on many of the appliances. Please note - Photograph use is strictly restricted to EDITORIAL or personal use only. No model releases are supplied unless stipulated. Cutting/copying/pasting images for media/web sites/blog use without permission constitutes copyright theft. For any other use please contact varleypix.com. Thank you. All images ©varleypix.com

Katrina aftermath. 'Body Inside.' The stark spray paint on the outside of a house in Uptown New Orleans. More stinking fridges appear on the sidewalks. 81 year old Rosella McKoy is comforted by her nephew Kerry Young (41yrs) as she returns to see her home in the projects for the first time since the storm. Please note - Photograph use is strictly restricted to EDITORIAL or personal use only. No model releases are supplied unless stipulated. Cutting/copying/pasting images for media/web sites/blog use without permission constitutes copyright theft. For any other use please contact varleypix.com. Thank you. All images ©varleypix.com

The 8th ward lies in ruins following Katrina's devastating floods. Graffiti dated 9/11 marks '1 dead in attic' now crossed out following the later collection of the body. Fabulous, somewhat dishevelled Mardi Gras Indian headress of Wild Man Loco is pinned defiantly to the outside of his home, clearly stating that 'I'll be back.' Flooded but not looted. 'City of the Dead.' The shrine at St. Roch's cemetery Please note - Photograph use is strictly restricted to EDITORIAL or personal use only. No model releases are supplied unless stipulated. Cutting/copying/pasting images for media/web sites/blog use without permission constitutes copyright theft. For any other use please contact varleypix.com. Thank you. All images ©varleypix.com

Hurricane Katrina recovery. Let the good times roll. Voodoo Fest tribute concert at Riverview Park. Ray Nagin, Kermit Ruffins and more. Please note - Photograph use is strictly restricted to EDITORIAL or personal use only. No model releases are supplied unless stipulated. Cutting/copying/pasting images for media/web sites/blog use without permission constitutes copyright theft. For any other use please contact varleypix.com. Thank you. All images ©varleypix.com

Hurricane Katrina aftermath. Riding on the Gray Line bus tour for residents of the Lower 9th ward. Unlike the nearby predominantly white neighbourhoods, residents can only visit the area on special busses and are not permitted to get off the bus except at one designated location to view a 'typical' house. A few nasty refrigerators appear on the sidewalks. Please note - Photograph use is strictly restricted to EDITORIAL or personal use only. No model releases are supplied unless stipulated. Cutting/copying/pasting images for media/web sites/blog use without permission constitutes copyright theft. For any other use please contact varleypix.com. Thank you. All images ©varleypix.com

Halloween, post Katrina, New Orleans. As the city returns to a strange sense of normalcy and the citizens return, New Orleans once again hosts a Halloween parade and party. The parade makes its way down Bourbon Street with participants dressed as refrigerators. Please note - Photograph use is strictly restricted to EDITORIAL or personal use only. No model releases are supplied unless stipulated. Cutting/copying/pasting images for media/web sites/blog use without permission constitutes copyright theft. For any other use please contact varleypix.com. Thank you. All images ©varleypix.com

Hurricane Katrina aftermath in St Bernard Parish. Destroyed housing, families helping to clear debris and FEMA contractors are still removing coffins from the graveyard destroyed by the storm. Merrick cemetery was one of the earliest slave cemeteries in the south and was deluged by 20ft of flood water. Please note - Photograph use is strictly restricted to EDITORIAL or personal use only. No model releases are supplied unless stipulated. Cutting/copying/pasting images for media/web sites/blog use without permission constitutes copyright theft. For any other use please contact varleypix.com. Thank you. All images ©varleypix.com

Hurricane Katrina aftermath. Prince Charles and Camilla, Duchess of Corwall visit the lower 9th ward following the devastating flooding from hurricane Katrina. Please note - Photograph use is strictly restricted to EDITORIAL or personal use only. No model releases are supplied unless stipulated. Cutting/copying/pasting images for media/web sites/blog use without permission constitutes copyright theft. For any other use please contact varleypix.com. Thank you. All images ©varleypix.com

Hurricane Katrina aftermath. Burying the dead, Chris Rose at work, Sonny Landreth and more from the region struggling to rebuild post Katrina. Please note - Photograph use is strictly restricted to EDITORIAL or personal use only. No model releases are supplied unless stipulated. Cutting/copying/pasting images for media/web sites/blog use without permission constitutes copyright theft. For any other use please contact varleypix.com. Thank you. All images ©varleypix.com

Hurricane Katrina aftermath. Mardi Gras Indian costumes in the dirt and defiantly nailed to houses, FEMA trailers, storm graffiti, 1 dead in attic and more in the painful recovery of New orleans post Katrina. Please note - Photograph use is strictly restricted to EDITORIAL or personal use only. No model releases are supplied unless stipulated. Cutting/copying/pasting images for media/web sites/blog use without permission constitutes copyright theft. For any other use please contact varleypix.com. Thank you. All images ©varleypix.com

Post Katrina recovery, memorial. St Louis Cathedral holds a memorial service for Sgt Paul Accardo, a New Orleans Police Information officer who died after Hurricane Katrina. Bourbon Street scenes, beignets and street cars. Please note - Photograph use is strictly restricted to EDITORIAL or personal use only. No model releases are supplied unless stipulated. Cutting/copying/pasting images for media/web sites/blog use without permission constitutes copyright theft. For any other use please contact varleypix.com. Thank you. All images ©varleypix.com

Hurricane Katrina aftermath. New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin at a 'town hall meeting' listens and responds to residents at the Sheraton Hotel. Please note - Photograph use is strictly restricted to EDITORIAL or personal use only. No model releases are supplied unless stipulated. Cutting/copying/pasting images for media/web sites/blog use without permission constitutes copyright theft. For any other use please contact varleypix.com. Thank you. All images ©varleypix.com

Hurricane Katrina benefit. Arlo Guthrie, Willie Nelson and friends 'Riding on the city of New Orleans' tour benefiting Musicares Hurricane relief 2005 sponsored by Amtrak. Please note - Photograph use is strictly restricted to EDITORIAL or personal use only. No model releases are supplied unless stipulated. Cutting/copying/pasting images for media/web sites/blog use without permission constitutes copyright theft. For any other use please contact varleypix.com. Thank you. All images ©varleypix.com

Post Katrina aftermath and clean up. Cat outside.' Rescue workers graffiti plasters the walls outside a 9th ward home where a stray cat sleeps on the stoop. Christmas is coming. Injured worker falls off roof, dead dogs, cats, birds. The slow and painful recovery process. Please note - Photograph use is strictly restricted to EDITORIAL or personal use only. No model releases are supplied unless stipulated. Cutting/copying/pasting images for media/web sites/blog use without permission constitutes copyright theft. For any other use please contact varleypix.com. Thank you. All images ©varleypix.com

Blue Marlin attack survivor. Denise Le Blanc, glamorous mother and grand mother poses at her home in Mandeville, Louisiana. In the fall of 2000 Denise survived an horrific attack from a fish! A blue marlin leapt from the waters off the Panamanian coast where she was sport fishing and punctured her chest, through her silicone breast implant all the way through to her back. Denise and her doctors have credited her breast implant with saving her life. Please note - Photograph use is strictly restricted to EDITORIAL or personal use only. No model releases are supplied unless stipulated. Cutting/copying/pasting images for media/web sites/blog use without permission constitutes copyright theft. For any other use please contact varleypix.com. Thank you. All images ©varleypix.com