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  • 29 August 2007. Lower 9th Ward, New Orleans, Louisiana. <br />
Second anniversary of Hurricane Katrina. Graffiti tags the industrial canal levee at the same spot where the levee breached during hurricane Katrina killing hundreds of New Orleanians. The simple word, 'Hindsight' mirrors the attitude of many residents struggling to return to the still derelict and decimated Lower 9th Ward.<br />
Photo credit©; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
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  • 29 August 2007. Lower 9th Ward, New Orleans, Louisiana. <br />
Second anniversary of Hurricane Katrina. Deserted, empty houses remain derelict and decimated in the Lower 9th Ward. An old weathered demolition notice from the city promises to raise the house, one of these days? The area remains mostly abandoned and overgrown, ghostly reminders of lives that once were. President Bush came to town and claimed he could be proud of what local and federal government have achieved in the city. Yet two years after the storm, it is quite clear that local and federal government are failing and have a great deal to do to live up their promises.<br />
Photo credit; Charlie Varley.
    29aug07-katrina 2nd anniversary064.JPG
  • 29 August 2007. Lower 9th Ward, New Orleans, Louisiana. <br />
Second anniversary of Hurricane Katrina. Deserted, empty houses remain derelict and decimated in the Lower 9th Ward. The area remains mostly abandoned and overgrown, ghostly reminders of lives that once were. President Bush came to town and claimed he could be proud of what local and federal government have achieved in the city. Yet two years after the storm, it is quite clear that local and federal government are failing and have a great deal to do to live up their promises.<br />
Photo credit©; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
    29aug07-katrina 2nd anniversary078.JPG
  • 29 August 2007. Lower 9th Ward, New Orleans, Louisiana. <br />
Second anniversary of Hurricane Katrina. The Californian women of 'Indigo Eyes' provide a bit of relief from the sadness. The women play music and sign religious songs in the mostly deserted, empty remains of the  decimated Lower 9th Ward. They stopped and wandered in the gutted Mt Carmel Church. The area remains mostly abandoned and overgrown, ghostly reminders of lives that once were. President Bush came to town and claimed he could be proud of what local and federal government have achieved in the city. Yet two years after the storm, it is quite clear that local and federal government are failing and have a great deal to do to live up their promises.<br />
Photo credit; Charlie Varley.
    29aug07-katrina 2nd anniversary042.JPG
  • 29 August 2007. Lower 9th Ward, New Orleans, Louisiana. <br />
Second anniversary of Hurricane Katrina. The empty streets of the largely derelict and decimated Lower 9th Ward. The area remains mostly abandoned and overgrown, ghostly reminders of lives that once were. President Bush came to town and claimed he could be proud of what local and federal government have achieved in the city. Yet two years after the storm, it is quite clear that local and federal government are failing and have a great deal to do to live up their promises.<br />
Photo credit©; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
    29aug07-katrina 2nd anniversary083.JPG
  • 29 August 2007. Lower 9th Ward, New Orleans, Louisiana. <br />
Second anniversary of Hurricane Katrina. Deserted, empty lots and houses remain derelict and decimated in the Lower 9th Ward. Forlorn 'For Sale' signs decorate empty space. The area remains mostly abandoned and overgrown, ghostly reminders of lives that once were. President Bush came to town and claimed he could be proud of what local and federal government have achieved in the city. Yet two years after the storm, it is quite clear that local and federal government are failing and have a great deal to do to live up their promises.<br />
Photo credit; Charlie Varley.
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  • 29 August 2007. Lower 9th Ward, New Orleans, Louisiana. <br />
Second anniversary of Hurricane Katrina. Signs of hope and rebuilding. Darryl Ratcliff unloads cinder blocks from his van in the Lower 9th Ward. Daryl is helping an elderly couple to rebuild their home which was washed away when the industrial canal levee breached. Many residents are struggling to return to the still derelict and decimated Lower 9th Ward.<br />
Photo credit; Charlie Varley.
    29aug07-katrina 2nd anniversary044.JPG
  • 29 August 2007. Lower 9th Ward, New Orleans, Louisiana. <br />
Second anniversary of Hurricane Katrina. Deserted, empty houses remain derelict and decimated in the Lower 9th Ward. The area remains mostly abandoned and overgrown, ghostly reminders of lives that once were. President Bush came to town and claimed he could be proud of what local and federal government have achieved in the city. Yet two years after the storm, it is quite clear that local and federal government are failing and have a great deal to do to live up their promises.<br />
Photo credit©; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
    29aug07-katrina 2nd anniversary062.JPG
  • 29 August 2007. Lower 9th Ward, New Orleans, Louisiana. <br />
Second anniversary of Hurricane Katrina. The Californian women of 'Indigo Eyes' provide a bit of relief from the sadness. The women play music and sign religious songs in the mostly deserted, empty remains of the  decimated Lower 9th Ward. They stopped and wandered in the gutted Mt Carmel Church. The area remains mostly abandoned and overgrown, ghostly reminders of lives that once were. President Bush came to town and claimed he could be proud of what local and federal government have achieved in the city. Yet two years after the storm, it is quite clear that local and federal government are failing and have a great deal to do to live up their promises.<br />
Photo credit; Charlie Varley.
    29aug07-katrina 2nd anniversary041.JPG
  • 29 August 2007. Lower 9th Ward, New Orleans, Louisiana. <br />
Second anniversary of Hurricane Katrina. The empty streets of the largely derelict and decimated Lower 9th Ward. The area remains mostly abandoned and overgrown, ghostly reminders of lives that once were. President Bush came to town and claimed he could be proud of what local and federal government have achieved in the city. Yet two years after the storm, it is quite clear that local and federal government are failing and have a great deal to do to live up their promises.<br />
Photo credit©; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
    29aug07-katrina 2nd anniversary081.JPG
  • 29 August 2007. Lower 9th Ward, New Orleans, Louisiana. <br />
Second anniversary of Hurricane Katrina. Grand children Chyana Hurst (4 yrs (l)) and Tyriq Burton (3 yrs) await cutting of a memorial cake inside Robert Lynn Green Sr's FEMA trailer  at 1826 Tennessee Street in the Lower 9th Ward. His house was destroyed by the deluge when the levee breached just blocks from the steps. Robert lost his mother and another grand daughter at the house when they perished in the terrible flooding. He lost hold of his grand daughter in the swirling floods. She was drowned. His mother was not found for 4 months when her skeleton was discovered in what remained of his washed away house. Jason hopes to rebuild. Many residents are struggling to return to the still derelict and decimated Lower 9th Ward.<br />
Photo credit; Charlie Varley.
    29aug07-katrina 2nd anniversary028.JPG
  • 29 August 2007. Lower 9th Ward, New Orleans, Louisiana. <br />
Second anniversary of Hurricane Katrina. Graffiti tags the industrial canal levee at the same spot where the levee breached during hurricane Katrina killing hundreds of New Orleanians. The simple word, 'Hindsight' mirrors the attitude of many residents struggling to return to the still derelict and decimated Lower 9th Ward.<br />
Photo credit©; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
    29aug07-katrina 2nd anniversary009.JPG
  • 29 August 2007. Lower 9th Ward, New Orleans, Louisiana. <br />
Second anniversary of Hurricane Katrina. The empty streets of the largely derelict and decimated Lower 9th Ward. The area remains mostly abandoned and overgrown, ghostly reminders of lives that once were. President Bush came to town and claimed he could be proud of what local and federal government have achieved in the city. Yet two years after the storm, it is quite clear that local and federal government are failing and have a great deal to do to live up their promises.<br />
Photo credit©; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
    29aug07-katrina 2nd anniversary082.JPG
  • 29 August 2007. Lower 9th Ward, New Orleans, Louisiana. <br />
Second anniversary of Hurricane Katrina. Deserted, empty houses remain derelict and decimated in the Lower 9th Ward. The area remains mostly abandoned and overgrown, ghostly reminders of lives that once were. President Bush came to town and claimed he could be proud of what local and federal government have achieved in the city. Yet two years after the storm, it is quite clear that local and federal government are failing and have a great deal to do to live up their promises.<br />
Photo credit©; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
    29aug07-katrina 2nd anniversary063.JPG
  • 29 August 2007. Lower 9th Ward, New Orleans, Louisiana. <br />
Second anniversary of Hurricane Katrina. The empty streets of the largely derelict and decimated Lower 9th Ward. The area remains mostly abandoned and overgrown, ghostly reminders of lives that once were. President Bush came to town and claimed he could be proud of what local and federal government have achieved in the city. Yet two years after the storm, it is quite clear that local and federal government are failing and have a great deal to do to live up their promises.<br />
Photo credit©; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
    29aug07-katrina 2nd anniversary059.JPG
  • 29 August 2007. Lower 9th Ward, New Orleans, Louisiana. <br />
Second anniversary of Hurricane Katrina. The Californian women of 'Indigo Eyes' provide a bit of relief from the sadness. The women play music and sign religious songs in the mostly deserted, empty remains of the  decimated Lower 9th Ward. They stopped and wandered in the gutted Mt Carmel Church. The area remains mostly abandoned and overgrown, ghostly reminders of lives that once were. President Bush came to town and claimed he could be proud of what local and federal government have achieved in the city. Yet two years after the storm, it is quite clear that local and federal government are failing and have a great deal to do to live up their promises.<br />
Photo credit; Charlie Varley.
    29aug07-katrina 2nd anniversary040.JPG
  • 29 August 2007. Lower 9th Ward, New Orleans, Louisiana. <br />
Second anniversary of Hurricane Katrina. Deserted, empty houses remain derelict and decimated in the Lower 9th Ward. The area remains mostly abandoned and overgrown, ghostly reminders of lives that once were. President Bush came to town and claimed he could be proud of what local and federal government have achieved in the city. Yet two years after the storm, it is quite clear that local and federal government are failing and have a great deal to do to live up their promises.<br />
Photo credit©; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
    29aug07-katrina 2nd anniversary067.JPG
  • 29 August 2007. Lower 9th Ward, New Orleans, Louisiana. <br />
Second anniversary of Hurricane Katrina. Deserted, empty houses remain derelict and decimated in the Lower 9th Ward. The area remains mostly abandoned and overgrown, ghostly reminders of lives that once were. President Bush came to town and claimed he could be proud of what local and federal government have achieved in the city. Yet two years after the storm, it is quite clear that local and federal government are failing and have a great deal to do to live up their promises.<br />
Photo credit©; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
    29aug07-katrina 2nd anniversary070.JPG
  • 29 August 2007. Lower 9th Ward, New Orleans, Louisiana. <br />
Second anniversary of Hurricane Katrina. Deserted, empty houses remain derelict and decimated in the Lower 9th Ward. The area remains mostly abandoned and overgrown, ghostly reminders of lives that once were. President Bush came to town and claimed he could be proud of what local and federal government have achieved in the city. Yet two years after the storm, it is quite clear that local and federal government are failing and have a great deal to do to live up their promises.<br />
Photo credit©; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
    29aug07-katrina 2nd anniversary061.JPG
  • 29 August 2007. Lower 9th Ward, New Orleans, Louisiana. <br />
Second anniversary of Hurricane Katrina. Robert Lynn Green Sr's  grand daughter Chayana Hurst (4 yrs) on the steps of 1826 Tennessee Street in front of her grandfather's trailer in the Lower 9th Ward. The steps are all that remain of his house after it was deluged by the levee breach just blocks from the steps. Robert lost his mother and another grand daughter at the house when they perished in the terrible flooding. He lost hold of his grand daughter in the swirling floods. She was drowned. His mother was not found for 4 months when her skeleton was discovered in what remained of his washed away house. Jason hopes to rebuild. Many residents are struggling to return to the still derelict and decimated Lower 9th Ward.<br />
Photo credit©; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
    29aug07-katrina 2nd anniversary026.JPG
  • 29 August 2007. Lower 9th Ward, New Orleans, Louisiana. <br />
Second anniversary of Hurricane Katrina. Residents gather at the hurricane Katrina memorial in the Lower 9th Ward to remember those who perished when the industrial canal levee breached less than a mile from where they stand. Many residents are struggling to return to the still derelict and decimated Lower 9th Ward.<br />
Photo credit; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
    29aug07-katrina 2nd anniversary001.JPG
  • 29 August 2007. Lower 9th Ward, New Orleans, Louisiana. <br />
Second anniversary of Hurricane Katrina. Deserted, empty houses remain derelict and decimated in the Lower 9th Ward. The area remains mostly abandoned and overgrown, ghostly reminders of lives that once were. President Bush came to town and claimed he could be proud of what local and federal government have achieved in the city. Yet two years after the storm, it is quite clear that local and federal government are failing and have a great deal to do to live up their promises.<br />
Photo credit©; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
    29aug07-katrina 2nd anniversary019.JPG
  • 29 August 2007. Lower 9th Ward, New Orleans, Louisiana. <br />
Second anniversary of Hurricane Katrina. Residents gather at the hurricane Katrina memorial in the Lower 9th Ward to remember those who perished when the industrial canal levee breached less than a mile from where they stand. Children laid teddy bears in memory of the children who perished. Many residents are struggling to return to the still derelict and decimated Lower 9th Ward.<br />
Photo credit; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
    29aug07-katrina 2nd anniversary003.JPG
  • 29 August 2007. Lower 9th Ward, New Orleans, Louisiana. <br />
Second anniversary of Hurricane Katrina. Deserted, empty houses remain derelict and decimated in the Lower 9th Ward. The area remains mostly abandoned and overgrown, ghostly reminders of lives that once were. President Bush came to town and claimed he could be proud of what local and federal government have achieved in the city. Yet two years after the storm, it is quite clear that local and federal government are failing and have a great deal to do to live up their promises.<br />
Photo credit©; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
    29aug07-katrina 2nd anniversary068.JPG
  • 29 August 2007. Lower 9th Ward, New Orleans, Louisiana. <br />
Second anniversary of Hurricane Katrina. Deserted, empty houses remain derelict and decimated in the Lower 9th Ward. The area remains mostly abandoned and overgrown, ghostly reminders of lives that once were. President Bush came to town and claimed he could be proud of what local and federal government have achieved in the city. Yet two years after the storm, it is quite clear that local and federal government are failing and have a great deal to do to live up their promises.<br />
Photo credit©; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
    29aug07-katrina 2nd anniversary020.JPG
  • 29 August 2007. Lower 9th Ward, New Orleans, Louisiana. <br />
Second anniversary of Hurricane Katrina. Jason Freeman sits on the steps of 1837 Jordan Ave in the Lower 9th Ward. The steps are all that remain of his house after it was deluged by the levee breach just  a block from the steps. He has gathered with friends and family for a BBQ to remember those who perished in the terrible flooding.  Jason hopes to rebuild. Many residents are struggling to return to the still derelict and decimated Lower 9th Ward.<br />
Photo credit©; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
    29aug07-katrina 2nd anniversary013.JPG
  • 29 August 2007. Lower 9th Ward, New Orleans, Louisiana. <br />
Second anniversary of Hurricane Katrina. Deserted, empty houses remain derelict and decimated in the Lower 9th Ward. The area remains mostly abandoned and overgrown, ghostly reminders of lives that once were. President Bush came to town and claimed he could be proud of what local and federal government have achieved in the city. Yet two years after the storm, it is quite clear that local and federal government are failing and have a great deal to do to live up their promises.<br />
Photo credit©; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
    29aug07-katrina 2nd anniversary077.JPG
  • 29 August 2007. Lower 9th Ward, New Orleans, Louisiana. <br />
Second anniversary of Hurricane Katrina. Deserted, empty houses remain derelict and decimated in the Lower 9th Ward. The area remains mostly abandoned and overgrown, ghostly reminders of lives that once were. President Bush came to town and claimed he could be proud of what local and federal government have achieved in the city. Yet two years after the storm, it is quite clear that local and federal government are failing and have a great deal to do to live up their promises.<br />
Photo credit©; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
    29aug07-katrina 2nd anniversary075.JPG
  • 29 August 2007. Lower 9th Ward, New Orleans, Louisiana. <br />
Second anniversary of Hurricane Katrina. Robert Lynn Green Sr  and grand daughter Chayana Hurst (4 yrs) sits on the steps of 1826 Tennessee Street in front of his trailer in the Lower 9th Ward. The steps are all that remain of his house after it was deluged by the levee breach just blocks from the steps. Robert lost his mother and grand daughter at the house when they perished in the terrible flooding. He lost hold of his grand daughter in the swirling floods. She was drowned. His mother was not found for 4 months when her skeleton was discovered in what remained of his washed away house. Robert hopes to rebuild. Many residents are struggling to return to the still derelict and decimated Lower 9th Ward.<br />
Photo credit©; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
    29aug07-katrina 2nd anniversary023.JPG
  • 29 August 2007. Lower 9th Ward, New Orleans, Louisiana. <br />
Second anniversary of Hurricane Katrina. Jason Freeman sits on the steps of 1837 Jordan Ave in the Lower 9th Ward. The steps are all that remain of his house after it was deluged by the levee breach just  a block from the steps. He has gathered with friends and family for a BBQ to remember those who perished in the terrible flooding.  Jason hopes to rebuild. Many residents are struggling to return to the still derelict and decimated Lower 9th Ward.<br />
Photo credit©; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
    29aug07-katrina 2nd anniversary015.JPG
  • 29 August 2007. Lower 9th Ward, New Orleans, Louisiana. <br />
Second anniversary of Hurricane Katrina. Local council woman Cynthia Willard Lewis leads a prayer with ministers at the top of the Claiborne Bridge where wreaths and flowers were thrown into the canal in memory of the victims of Hurricane Katrina. Residents had gathered at the hurricane Katrina memorial in the Lower 9th Ward to remember those who perished when the industrial canal levee breached less than a mile from where they stand. Many residents are struggling to return to the still derelict and decimated Lower 9th Ward.<br />
Photo credit©; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
    29aug07-katrina 2nd anniversary008.JPG
  • 29 August 2007. Lower 9th Ward, New Orleans, Louisiana. <br />
Second anniversary of Hurricane Katrina. Deserted, empty houses remain derelict and decimated in the Lower 9th Ward. The area remains mostly abandoned and overgrown, ghostly reminders of lives that once were. President Bush came to town and claimed he could be proud of what local and federal government have achieved in the city. Yet two years after the storm, it is quite clear that local and federal government are failing and have a great deal to do to live up their promises.<br />
Photo credit©; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
    29aug07-katrina 2nd anniversary071.JPG
  • 29 August  2007. Lower 9th Ward, New Orleans, Louisiana. <br />
Lieutenant General Russel L. Honore, the army commander who came to New Orleans and took charge during the darkest days following the devastation of Hurricane Katrina. Honore revisits the mainly deserted, still decimated Lower 9th Ward on the Second anniversary of Hurricane Katrina. The area remains mostly abandoned and overgrown with grass growing in the streets. President Bush came to town and claimed he could be proud of what local and federal government have achieved in the city. Yet two years after the storm, it is quite clear that local and federal government are failing and have a great deal to do to live up their promises.<br />
Photo credit©; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
    29aug07-katrina 2nd anniversary029.JPG
  • 29 August 2007. Lower 9th Ward, New Orleans, Louisiana. <br />
Second anniversary of Hurricane Katrina. Grand children Chyana Hurst (4 yrs (l)) and Tyriq Burton (3 yrs) await cutting of a memorial cake inside Robert Lynn Green Sr's FEMA trailer  at 1826 Tennessee Street in the Lower 9th Ward. His house was destroyed by the deluge when the levee breached just blocks from the steps. Robert lost his mother and another grand daughter at the house when they perished in the terrible flooding. He lost hold of his grand daughter in the swirling floods. She was drowned. His mother was not found for 4 months when her skeleton was discovered in what remained of his washed away house. Jason hopes to rebuild. Many residents are struggling to return to the still derelict and decimated Lower 9th Ward.<br />
Photo credit©; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
    29aug07-katrina 2nd anniversary027.JPG
  • 29 August 2007. Lower 9th Ward, New Orleans, Louisiana. <br />
Second anniversary of Hurricane Katrina. Graffiti tags the industrial canal levee at the same spot where the levee breached during hurricane Katrina killing hundreds of New Orleanians. The simple word, 'Hindsight' mirrors the attitude of many residents struggling to return to the still derelict and decimated Lower 9th Ward.<br />
Photo credit©; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
    29aug07-katrina 2nd anniversary011.JPG
  • 29 August 2007. Lower 9th Ward, New Orleans, Louisiana. <br />
Second anniversary of Hurricane Katrina. Local council woman Cynthia Willard Lewis leads a prayer with ministers at the top of the Claiborne Bridge where wreaths and flowers were thrown into the canal in memory of the victims of Hurricane Katrina. Residents had gathered at the hurricane Katrina memorial in the Lower 9th Ward to remember those who perished when the industrial canal levee breached less than a mile from where they stand. Many residents are struggling to return to the still derelict and decimated Lower 9th Ward.<br />
Photo credit©; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
    29aug07-katrina 2nd anniversary007.JPG
  • 29 August  2007. Lower 9th Ward, New Orleans, Louisiana. <br />
Lieutenant General Russel L. Honore, the army commander who came to New Orleans and took charge during the darkest days following the devastation of Hurricane Katrina tries to answer questions from tearful former resident Valeria Schexnayder. Honore revisits the mainly deserted, still decimated Lower 9th Ward on the Second anniversary of Hurricane Katrina. The area remains mostly abandoned and overgrown with grass growing in the streets. President Bush came to town and claimed he could be proud of what local and federal government have achieved in the city. Yet two years after the storm, it is quite clear that local and federal government are failing and have a great deal to do to live up their promises.<br />
Photo credit©; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
    29aug07-katrina 2nd anniversary030.JPG
  • 29 August 2007. Lower 9th Ward, New Orleans, Louisiana. <br />
Second anniversary of Hurricane Katrina. Deserted, empty houses remain derelict and decimated in the Lower 9th Ward. The area remains mostly abandoned and overgrown, ghostly reminders of lives that once were. President Bush came to town and claimed he could be proud of what local and federal government have achieved in the city. Yet two years after the storm, it is quite clear that local and federal government are failing and have a great deal to do to live up their promises.<br />
Photo credit©; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
    29aug07-katrina 2nd anniversary021.JPG
  • 29 August 2007. Lower 9th Ward, New Orleans, Louisiana. <br />
Second anniversary of Hurricane Katrina. Deserted, empty houses remain derelict and decimated in the Lower 9th Ward. The area remains mostly abandoned and overgrown, ghostly reminders of lives that once were. President Bush came to town and claimed he could be proud of what local and federal government have achieved in the city. Yet two years after the storm, it is quite clear that local and federal government are failing and have a great deal to do to live up their promises.<br />
Photo credit©; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
    29aug07-katrina 2nd anniversary016.JPG
  • 29 August 2007. Lower 9th Ward, New Orleans, Louisiana. <br />
Second anniversary of Hurricane Katrina. Deserted, empty houses remain derelict and decimated in the Lower 9th Ward. The area remains mostly abandoned and overgrown, ghostly reminders of lives that once were. President Bush came to town and claimed he could be proud of what local and federal government have achieved in the city. Yet two years after the storm, it is quite clear that local and federal government are failing and have a great deal to do to live up their promises.<br />
Photo credit©; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
    29aug07-katrina 2nd anniversary080.JPG
  • 29 August 2007. Lower 9th Ward, New Orleans, Louisiana. <br />
Second anniversary of Hurricane Katrina. Deserted, empty houses remain derelict and decimated in the Lower 9th Ward. The area remains mostly abandoned and overgrown, ghostly reminders of lives that once were. President Bush came to town and claimed he could be proud of what local and federal government have achieved in the city. Yet two years after the storm, it is quite clear that local and federal government are failing and have a great deal to do to live up their promises.<br />
Photo credit©; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
    29aug07-katrina 2nd anniversary017.JPG
  • 29 August 2007. Lower 9th Ward, New Orleans, Louisiana. <br />
Second anniversary of Hurricane Katrina. Jason Freeman sits on the steps of 1837 Jordan Ave in the Lower 9th Ward. The steps are all that remain of his house after it was deluged by the levee breach just  a block from the steps. He has gathered with friends and family for a BBQ to remember those who perished in the terrible flooding.  Jason hopes to rebuild. Many residents are struggling to return to the still derelict and decimated Lower 9th Ward.<br />
Photo credit©; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
    29aug07-katrina 2nd anniversary012.JPG
  • 29 August 2007. Lower 9th Ward, New Orleans, Louisiana. <br />
Second anniversary of Hurricane Katrina. Deserted, empty houses remain derelict and decimated in the Lower 9th Ward. The area remains mostly abandoned and overgrown, ghostly reminders of lives that once were. President Bush came to town and claimed he could be proud of what local and federal government have achieved in the city. Yet two years after the storm, it is quite clear that local and federal government are failing and have a great deal to do to live up their promises.<br />
Photo credit©; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
    29aug07-katrina 2nd anniversary079.JPG
  • 29 August 2007. Lower 9th Ward, New Orleans, Louisiana. <br />
Second anniversary of Hurricane Katrina. Deserted, empty houses remain derelict and decimated in the Lower 9th Ward. The area remains mostly abandoned and overgrown, ghostly reminders of lives that once were. President Bush came to town and claimed he could be proud of what local and federal government have achieved in the city. Yet two years after the storm, it is quite clear that local and federal government are failing and have a great deal to do to live up their promises.<br />
Photo credit©; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
    29aug07-katrina 2nd anniversary045.JPG
  • 29 August 2007. Lower 9th Ward, New Orleans, Louisiana. <br />
Second anniversary of Hurricane Katrina. A deserted, empty church remain derelict and decimated in the Lower 9th Ward. The area remains mostly abandoned and overgrown, ghostly reminders of lives that once were. President Bush came to town and claimed he could be proud of what local and federal government have achieved in the city. Yet two years after the storm, it is quite clear that local and federal government are failing and have a great deal to do to live up their promises.<br />
Photo credit©; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
    29aug07-katrina 2nd anniversary037.JPG
  • 29 August 2007. Lower 9th Ward, New Orleans, Louisiana. <br />
Second anniversary of Hurricane Katrina. A deserted, empty church remain derelict and decimated in the Lower 9th Ward. The area remains mostly abandoned and overgrown, ghostly reminders of lives that once were. President Bush came to town and claimed he could be proud of what local and federal government have achieved in the city. Yet two years after the storm, it is quite clear that local and federal government are failing and have a great deal to do to live up their promises.<br />
Photo credit©; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
    29aug07-katrina 2nd anniversary034.JPG
  • 29 August 2007. Lower 9th Ward, New Orleans, Louisiana. <br />
Second anniversary of Hurricane Katrina. Deserted, empty houses remain derelict and decimated in the Lower 9th Ward. The area remains mostly abandoned and overgrown, ghostly reminders of lives that once were. President Bush came to town and claimed he could be proud of what local and federal government have achieved in the city. Yet two years after the storm, it is quite clear that local and federal government are failing and have a great deal to do to live up their promises.<br />
Photo credit©; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
    29aug07-katrina 2nd anniversary018.JPG
  • 29 August 2007. Lower 9th Ward, New Orleans, Louisiana. <br />
Second anniversary of Hurricane Katrina. Graffiti tags the industrial canal levee at the same spot where the levee breached during hurricane Katrina killing hundreds of New Orleanians. The simple word, 'Hindsight' mirrors the attitude of many residents struggling to return to the still derelict and decimated Lower 9th Ward.<br />
Photo credit©; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
    29aug07-katrina 2nd anniversary010.JPG
  • 29 August 2007. Lower 9th Ward, New Orleans, Louisiana. <br />
Second anniversary of Hurricane Katrina. The Louisiana National Guard lead residents to the top of the Claiborne Bridge where wreaths and flowers were thrown into the canal in memory of the victims of Hurricane Katrina. Residents had gathered at the hurricane Katrina memorial in the Lower 9th Ward to remember those who perished when the industrial canal levee breached less than a mile from where they stand. Many residents are struggling to return to the still derelict and decimated Lower 9th Ward.<br />
Photo credit©; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
    29aug07-katrina 2nd anniversary005.JPG
  • 29 August 2007. Lower 9th Ward, New Orleans, Louisiana. <br />
Second anniversary of Hurricane Katrina. Deserted, empty houses remain derelict and decimated in the Lower 9th Ward. The area remains mostly abandoned and overgrown, ghostly reminders of lives that once were. President Bush came to town and claimed he could be proud of what local and federal government have achieved in the city. Yet two years after the storm, it is quite clear that local and federal government are failing and have a great deal to do to live up their promises.<br />
Photo credit©; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
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  • 29 August 2007. Lower 9th Ward, New Orleans, Louisiana. <br />
Second anniversary of Hurricane Katrina. Deserted, empty houses remain derelict and decimated in the Lower 9th Ward. The area remains mostly abandoned and overgrown, ghostly reminders of lives that once were. President Bush came to town and claimed he could be proud of what local and federal government have achieved in the city. Yet two years after the storm, it is quite clear that local and federal government are failing and have a great deal to do to live up their promises.<br />
Photo credit©; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
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  • 29 August 2007. Lower 9th Ward, New Orleans, Louisiana. <br />
Second anniversary of Hurricane Katrina. Deserted, empty houses remain derelict and decimated in the Lower 9th Ward. The area remains mostly abandoned and overgrown, ghostly reminders of lives that once were. President Bush came to town and claimed he could be proud of what local and federal government have achieved in the city. Yet two years after the storm, it is quite clear that local and federal government are failing and have a great deal to do to live up their promises.<br />
Photo credit©; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
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  • 29 August 2007. Lower 9th Ward, New Orleans, Louisiana. <br />
Second anniversary of Hurricane Katrina. Deserted, empty houses remain derelict and decimated in the Lower 9th Ward. The area remains mostly abandoned and overgrown, ghostly reminders of lives that once were. President Bush came to town and claimed he could be proud of what local and federal government have achieved in the city. Yet two years after the storm, it is quite clear that local and federal government are failing and have a great deal to do to live up their promises.<br />
Photo credit©; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
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  • 29 August 2007. Lower 9th Ward, New Orleans, Louisiana. <br />
Second anniversary of Hurricane Katrina. Deserted, empty houses remain derelict and decimated in the Lower 9th Ward. The area remains mostly abandoned and overgrown, ghostly reminders of lives that once were. President Bush came to town and claimed he could be proud of what local and federal government have achieved in the city. Yet two years after the storm, it is quite clear that local and federal government are failing and have a great deal to do to live up their promises.<br />
Photo credit©; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
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  • 29 August 2007. Lower 9th Ward, New Orleans, Louisiana. <br />
Second anniversary of Hurricane Katrina. Deserted, empty houses remain derelict and decimated in the Lower 9th Ward. The area remains mostly abandoned and overgrown, ghostly reminders of lives that once were. President Bush came to town and claimed he could be proud of what local and federal government have achieved in the city. Yet two years after the storm, it is quite clear that local and federal government are failing and have a great deal to do to live up their promises.<br />
Photo credit©; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
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  • 29 August 2007. Lower 9th Ward, New Orleans, Louisiana. <br />
Second anniversary of Hurricane Katrina. Deserted, empty houses remain derelict and decimated in the Lower 9th Ward. The area remains mostly abandoned and overgrown, ghostly reminders of lives that once were. President Bush came to town and claimed he could be proud of what local and federal government have achieved in the city. Yet two years after the storm, it is quite clear that local and federal government are failing and have a great deal to do to live up their promises.<br />
Photo credit©; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
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  • 29 August 2007. Lower 9th Ward, New Orleans, Louisiana. <br />
Second anniversary of Hurricane Katrina. Deserted, empty houses remain derelict and decimated in the Lower 9th Ward. The area remains mostly abandoned and overgrown, ghostly reminders of lives that once were. President Bush came to town and claimed he could be proud of what local and federal government have achieved in the city. Yet two years after the storm, it is quite clear that local and federal government are failing and have a great deal to do to live up their promises.<br />
Photo credit©; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
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  • 29 August  2007. Lower 9th Ward, New Orleans, Louisiana. <br />
Lieutenant General Russel L. Honore, the army commander who came to New Orleans and took charge during the darkest days following the devastation of Hurricane Katrina. Honore revisits the mainly deserted, still decimated Lower 9th Ward on the Second anniversary of Hurricane Katrina. The area remains mostly abandoned and overgrown with grass growing in the streets. President Bush came to town and claimed he could be proud of what local and federal government have achieved in the city. Yet two years after the storm, it is quite clear that local and federal government are failing and have a great deal to do to live up their promises.<br />
Photo credit©; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
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  • 29 August 2007. Lower 9th Ward, New Orleans, Louisiana. <br />
Second anniversary of Hurricane Katrina. Robert Lynn Green Sr  and grand daughter Chayana Hurst (4 yrs) sits on the steps of 1826 Tennessee Street in front of his trailer in the Lower 9th Ward. The steps are all that remain of his house after it was deluged by the levee breach just blocks from the steps. Robert lost his mother and grand daughter at the house when they perished in the terrible flooding. He lost hold of his grand daughter in the swirling floods. She was drowned. His mother was not found for 4 months when her skeleton was discovered in what remained of his washed away house. Robert hopes to rebuild. Many residents are struggling to return to the still derelict and decimated Lower 9th Ward.<br />
Photo credit©; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
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  • 29 August 2007. Lower 9th Ward, New Orleans, Louisiana. <br />
Second anniversary of Hurricane Katrina. Robert Lynn Green Sr  sits on the steps of 1826 Tennessee Street in front of his trailer in the Lower 9th Ward. The steps are all that remain of his house after it was deluged by the levee breach just blocks from the steps. Robert lost his mother and grand daughter at the house when they perished in the terrible flooding. He lost hold of his grand daughter in the swirling floods. She was drowned. His mother was not found for 4 months when her skeleton was discovered in what remained of his washed away house. Robert hopes to rebuild. Many residents are struggling to return to the still derelict and decimated Lower 9th Ward.<br />
Photo credit©; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
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  • 29 August 2007. Lower 9th Ward, New Orleans, Louisiana. <br />
Second anniversary of Hurricane Katrina. Residents gather at the hurricane Katrina memorial in the Lower 9th Ward to remember those who perished when the industrial canal levee breached less than a mile from where they stand. Many residents are struggling to return to the still derelict and decimated Lower 9th Ward.<br />
Photo credit; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
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  • 29 August 2007. Lower 9th Ward, New Orleans, Louisiana. <br />
Second anniversary of Hurricane Katrina. Deserted, empty houses remain derelict and decimated in the Lower 9th Ward. The area remains mostly abandoned and overgrown, ghostly reminders of lives that once were. President Bush came to town and claimed he could be proud of what local and federal government have achieved in the city. Yet two years after the storm, it is quite clear that local and federal government are failing and have a great deal to do to live up their promises.<br />
Photo credit©; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
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  • 29 August 2007. Lower 9th Ward, New Orleans, Louisiana. <br />
Second anniversary of Hurricane Katrina. Deserted, empty houses remain derelict and decimated in the Lower 9th Ward. The area remains mostly abandoned and overgrown, ghostly reminders of lives that once were. President Bush came to town and claimed he could be proud of what local and federal government have achieved in the city. Yet two years after the storm, it is quite clear that local and federal government are failing and have a great deal to do to live up their promises.<br />
Photo credit©; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
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  • 29 August 2007. Lower 9th Ward, New Orleans, Louisiana. <br />
Second anniversary of Hurricane Katrina. Jason Freeman sits on the steps of 1837 Jordan Ave in the Lower 9th Ward. The steps are all that remain of his house after it was deluged by the levee breach just  a block from the steps. He has gathered with friends and family for a BBQ to remember those who perished in the terrible flooding.  Jason hopes to rebuild. Many residents are struggling to return to the still derelict and decimated Lower 9th Ward.<br />
Photo credit©; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
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  • 29 August 2007. Lower 9th Ward, New Orleans, Louisiana. <br />
Second anniversary of Hurricane Katrina. A deserted, empty church remain derelict and decimated in the Lower 9th Ward. The area remains mostly abandoned and overgrown, ghostly reminders of lives that once were. President Bush came to town and claimed he could be proud of what local and federal government have achieved in the city. Yet two years after the storm, it is quite clear that local and federal government are failing and have a great deal to do to live up their promises.<br />
Photo credit©; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
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  • 29 August 2007. Lower 9th Ward, New Orleans, Louisiana. <br />
Second anniversary of Hurricane Katrina. A deserted, empty church remain derelict and decimated in the Lower 9th Ward. The area remains mostly abandoned and overgrown, ghostly reminders of lives that once were. President Bush came to town and claimed he could be proud of what local and federal government have achieved in the city. Yet two years after the storm, it is quite clear that local and federal government are failing and have a great deal to do to live up their promises.<br />
Photo credit©; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
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  • 29 August  2007. Lower 9th Ward, New Orleans, Louisiana. <br />
Lieutenant General Russel L. Honore, the army commander who came to New Orleans and took charge during the darkest days following the devastation of Hurricane Katrina. Honore revisits the mainly deserted, still decimated Lower 9th Ward on the Second anniversary of Hurricane Katrina. The area remains mostly abandoned and overgrown with grass growing in the streets. President Bush came to town and claimed he could be proud of what local and federal government have achieved in the city. Yet two years after the storm, it is quite clear that local and federal government are failing and have a great deal to do to live up their promises.<br />
Photo credit©; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
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  • 29 August  2007. Lower 9th Ward, New Orleans, Louisiana. <br />
Lieutenant General Russel L. Honore, the army commander who came to New Orleans and took charge during the darkest days following the devastation of Hurricane Katrina. Honore revisits the mainly deserted, still decimated Lower 9th Ward on the Second anniversary of Hurricane Katrina. The area remains mostly abandoned and overgrown with grass growing in the streets. President Bush came to town and claimed he could be proud of what local and federal government have achieved in the city. Yet two years after the storm, it is quite clear that local and federal government are failing and have a great deal to do to live up their promises.<br />
Photo credit©; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
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  • 29 August 2007. Lower 9th Ward, New Orleans, Louisiana. <br />
Second anniversary of Hurricane Katrina. Robert Lynn Green Sr  and grand daughter Chayana Hurst (4 yrs) sits on the steps of 1826 Tennessee Street in front of his trailer in the Lower 9th Ward. The steps are all that remain of his house after it was deluged by the levee breach just blocks from the steps. Robert lost his mother and grand daughter at the house when they perished in the terrible flooding. He lost hold of his grand daughter in the swirling floods. She was drowned. His mother was not found for 4 months when her skeleton was discovered in what remained of his washed away house. Robert hopes to rebuild. Many residents are struggling to return to the still derelict and decimated Lower 9th Ward.<br />
Photo credit©; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
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  • 29 August 2007. Lower 9th Ward, New Orleans, Louisiana. <br />
Second anniversary of Hurricane Katrina. President Bush's convoy speeds past the Hurricane Katrina Memorial in the pouring rain. (Bush silhouetted in car window) He did not stop to meet residents who gathered at the hurricane Katrina memorial in the Lower 9th Ward to remember those who perished when the industrial canal levee breached less than a mile from where they stand. Many residents are struggling to return to the still derelict and decimated Lower 9th Ward.<br />
Photo credit©; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
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  • 29 August 2007. Lower 9th Ward, New Orleans, Louisiana. <br />
Second anniversary of Hurricane Katrina. President Bush visited a high school less than a mile from the still demolished Alfred Lawless High School in the Lower 9th Ward. Bush posed for photo opportunities at a newly rebuilt high school, yet close by the ghostly remains of another high school show how so many have been left behind. The area remains mostly abandoned and overgrown. President Bush came to town and claimed he could be proud of what local and federal government have achieved in the city. Yet two years after the storm, it is quite clear that local and federal government are failing and have a great deal to do to live up their promises.<br />
Photo credit; Charlie Varley.
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  • 29 August 2007. Lower 9th Ward, New Orleans, Louisiana. <br />
Second anniversary of Hurricane Katrina. President Bush visited a high school less than a mile from the still demolished Alfred Lawless High School in the Lower 9th Ward. Bush posed for photo opportunities at a newly rebuilt high school, yet close by the ghostly remains of another high school show how so many have been left behind. The area remains mostly abandoned and overgrown. President Bush came to town and claimed he could be proud of what local and federal government have achieved in the city. Yet two years after the storm, it is quite clear that local and federal government are failing and have a great deal to do to live up their promises.<br />
Photo credit; Charlie Varley.
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  • 29 August 2007. Lower 9th Ward, New Orleans, Louisiana. <br />
Second anniversary of Hurricane Katrina. President Bush visited a high school less than a mile from the still demolished Alfred Lawless High School in the Lower 9th Ward. Bush posed for photo opportunities at a newly rebuilt high school, yet close by the ghostly remains of of a bullet riddled TV hang at another high school show how so many have been left behind. The area remains mostly abandoned and overgrown. President Bush came to town and claimed he could be proud of what local and federal government have achieved in the city. Yet two years after the storm, it is quite clear that local and federal government are failing and have a great deal to do to live up their promises.<br />
Photo credit; Charlie Varley.
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  • 29 August 2007. Lower 9th Ward, New Orleans, Louisiana. <br />
Second anniversary of Hurricane Katrina. President Bush visited a high school less than a mile from the still demolished Alfred Lawless High School in the Lower 9th Ward. Bush posed for photo opportunities at a newly rebuilt high school, yet close by the ghostly remains of another high school show how so many have been left behind. The area remains mostly abandoned and overgrown. President Bush came to town and claimed he could be proud of what local and federal government have achieved in the city. Yet two years after the storm, it is quite clear that local and federal government are failing and have a great deal to do to live up their promises.<br />
Photo credit; Charlie Varley.
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  • 29 August 2007. Lower 9th Ward, New Orleans, Louisiana. <br />
Second anniversary of Hurricane Katrina. President Bush visited a high school less than a mile from the still demolished Alfred Lawless High School in the Lower 9th Ward. Bush posed for photo opportunities at a newly rebuilt high school, yet close by the ghostly remains of another high school show how so many have been left behind. The area remains mostly abandoned and overgrown. President Bush came to town and claimed he could be proud of what local and federal government have achieved in the city. Yet two years after the storm, it is quite clear that local and federal government are failing and have a great deal to do to live up their promises.<br />
Photo credit; Charlie Varley.
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  • 29 August 2007. Lower 9th Ward, New Orleans, Louisiana. <br />
Second anniversary of Hurricane Katrina. President Bush visited a high school less than a mile from the still demolished Alfred Lawless High School in the Lower 9th Ward. Bush posed for photo opportunities at a newly rebuilt high school, yet close by the ghostly remains of another high school show how so many have been left behind. The area remains mostly abandoned and overgrown. President Bush came to town and claimed he could be proud of what local and federal government have achieved in the city. Yet two years after the storm, it is quite clear that local and federal government are failing and have a great deal to do to live up their promises.<br />
Photo credit; Charlie Varley.
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  • 29 August 2007. Lower 9th Ward, New Orleans, Louisiana. <br />
Second anniversary of Hurricane Katrina. President Bush visited a high school less than a mile from the still demolished Alfred Lawless High School in the Lower 9th Ward. Bush posed for photo opportunities at a newly rebuilt high school, yet close by the ghostly remains of another high school show how so many have been left behind. The area remains mostly abandoned and overgrown. President Bush came to town and claimed he could be proud of what local and federal government have achieved in the city. Yet two years after the storm, it is quite clear that local and federal government are failing and have a great deal to do to live up their promises.<br />
Photo credit; Charlie Varley.
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  • 29 August 2007. Lower 9th Ward, New Orleans, Louisiana. <br />
Second anniversary of Hurricane Katrina. President Bush visited a high school less than a mile from the still demolished Alfred Lawless High School in the Lower 9th Ward. Bush posed for photo opportunities at a newly rebuilt high school, yet close by the ghostly remains of another high school show how so many have been left behind. The area remains mostly abandoned and overgrown. President Bush came to town and claimed he could be proud of what local and federal government have achieved in the city. Yet two years after the storm, it is quite clear that local and federal government are failing and have a great deal to do to live up their promises.<br />
Photo credit; Charlie Varley.
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  • 29 August 2007. Lower 9th Ward, New Orleans, Louisiana. <br />
Second anniversary of Hurricane Katrina. President Bush visited a high school less than a mile from the still demolished Alfred Lawless High School in the Lower 9th Ward. Bush posed for photo opportunities at a newly rebuilt high school, yet close by the ghostly remains of another high school show how so many have been left behind. The area remains mostly abandoned and overgrown. President Bush came to town and claimed he could be proud of what local and federal government have achieved in the city. Yet two years after the storm, it is quite clear that local and federal government are failing and have a great deal to do to live up their promises.<br />
Photo credit; Charlie Varley.
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  • 29 August 2007. Lower 9th Ward, New Orleans, Louisiana. <br />
Second anniversary of Hurricane Katrina. President Bush visited a high school less than a mile from the still demolished Alfred Lawless High School in the Lower 9th Ward. Bush posed for photo opportunities at a newly rebuilt high school, yet close by the ghostly remains of another high school show how so many have been left behind. The area remains mostly abandoned and overgrown. President Bush came to town and claimed he could be proud of what local and federal government have achieved in the city. Yet two years after the storm, it is quite clear that local and federal government are failing and have a great deal to do to live up their promises.<br />
Photo credit; Charlie Varley.
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  • 29 August 2007. Lower 9th Ward, New Orleans, Louisiana. <br />
Second anniversary of Hurricane Katrina. President Bush visited a high school less than a mile from the still demolished Alfred Lawless High School in the Lower 9th Ward. Bush posed for photo opportunities at a newly rebuilt high school, yet close by the ghostly remains of another high school show how so many have been left behind. The area remains mostly abandoned and overgrown. President Bush came to town and claimed he could be proud of what local and federal government have achieved in the city. Yet two years after the storm, it is quite clear that local and federal government are failing and have a great deal to do to live up their promises.<br />
Photo credit; Charlie Varley.
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  • 29 August 2007. Lower 9th Ward, New Orleans, Louisiana. <br />
Second anniversary of Hurricane Katrina. President Bush visited a high school less than a mile from the still demolished Alfred Lawless High School in the Lower 9th Ward. Bush posed for photo opportunities at a newly rebuilt high school, yet close by the ghostly remains of another high school show how so many have been left behind. The area remains mostly abandoned and overgrown. President Bush came to town and claimed he could be proud of what local and federal government have achieved in the city. Yet two years after the storm, it is quite clear that local and federal government are failing and have a great deal to do to live up their promises.<br />
Photo credit; Charlie Varley.
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  • 29 August 2007. Lower 9th Ward, New Orleans, Louisiana. <br />
Second anniversary of Hurricane Katrina. President Bush visited a high school less than a mile from the still demolished Alfred Lawless High School in the Lower 9th Ward. Bush posed for photo opportunities at a newly rebuilt high school, yet close by the ghostly remains of another high school show how so many have been left behind. The area remains mostly abandoned and overgrown. President Bush came to town and claimed he could be proud of what local and federal government have achieved in the city. Yet two years after the storm, it is quite clear that local and federal government are failing and have a great deal to do to live up their promises.<br />
Photo credit; Charlie Varley.
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  • 4th Feb, 2006. New Orleans, Louisiana. An American flag, ripped and damaged by hurricane Katrina recieves a follow up battering from a tornado which smashed through River Bend in uptown New Orleans a few days earlier. The city may be down, but the flag still flies over New Orleans.
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  • 05 May 2010. Venice, Louisiana. Deepwater Horizon, British Petroleum environmental oil spill disaster.<br />
Gas and oil pipelines already criss-cross and decimate much of Louisiana's wetlands statewide. For decades environmentalists have complained that the channeling of such pipelines through the wetlands has done nothing but permit salt water to intrude upon fresh water, killing hundreds of thousands of acres of wetland. During hurricanes salt water is funneled into the marshes by the oil and gas channels slashing through the wetlands. The oil and gas industry has for the most part ignored the accusation, focusing instead on adding more such pipelines.<br />
Photo credit; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
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  • 04 June 2012. New Orleans, Louisiana.<br />
Musician Allen Toussaint and his Rolls Royce. Mr Toussaint came to support local citizens gathered to show their support for a 7 day newspaper in the city following the recent shock announcement that the Times Picayune, having survived 175 years and Hurricane Katrina is to be decimated by Advance Publications Inc, a Newhouse family company. <br />
Photo; Charlie Varley
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  • 04 June 2012. New Orleans, Louisiana,  USA. .L/R; Ella Rose Huck (9 yrs), Quinn Russell (9 yrs) and Talia Altman (9 yrs) join local citizens gathered to show their support for a 7 day newspaper in the city following the recent shock announcement that the Times Picayune, having survived 175 years and Hurricane Katrina is to be decimated by Advance Publications Inc, a Newhouse family company. Staff were shocked when the New York Times broke the story. The paper, with the highest readership rate in the USA is to have print days cut to just 3 days a week, Wednesday, Friday and Sunday starting this autumn. Despite the newspapers' relative success, (it is still in the black) having undergone swathes of recent cuts, Advance Publications Inc has decided to make further cuts and roll out an expanded digital version of the newspaper via its enhanced web presence at NOLA.com. Advance Publications has stripped print runs from Alabama newspapers and continues to look to slash print runs throughout its empire. This will be the first major US city to not have a daily newspaper..Photo; Charlie Varley.
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  • 04 June 2012. New Orleans, Louisiana,  USA. <br />
Musician Alan Toussaint and his Rolls Royce. Mr Toussaint came to support local citizens gathered to show their support for a 7 day newspaper in the city following the recent shock announcement that the Times Picayune, having survived 175 years and Hurricane Katrina is to be decimated by Advance Publications Inc, a Newhouse family company. <br />
Photo; Charlie Varley
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  • 15 September 2012. Braithwaite, Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana,  USA. .Lenny Bazile stands in his decimated, now gutted home home on Bazile Drive. The road was named after Mr Bazile's father. He was born and raised in the area and has now rebuilt following 4 hurricanes. Piles of household debris is stacked curb side as residents return to their homes which were inundated with flood waters from hurricane Isaac. Many residents who had rebuilt following Hurricane Katrina must now start again following Isaac. Some have already moved away for good, never to return..Photo; Charlie Varley.
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  • 04 June 2012. New Orleans, Louisiana.<br />
Musician Allen Toussaint and his Rolls Royce. Mr Toussaint came to support local citizens gathered to show their support for a 7 day newspaper in the city following the recent shock announcement that the Times Picayune, having survived 175 years and Hurricane Katrina is to be decimated by Advance Publications Inc, a Newhouse family company. <br />
Photo; Charlie Varley
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  • 04 June 2012. New Orleans, Louisiana.<br />
Musician Allen Toussaint and his Rolls Royce. Mr Toussaint came to support local citizens gathered to show their support for a 7 day newspaper in the city following the recent shock announcement that the Times Picayune, having survived 175 years and Hurricane Katrina is to be decimated by Advance Publications Inc, a Newhouse family company. <br />
Photo; Charlie Varley
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  • 04 June 2012. New Orleans, Louisiana.<br />
Musician Allen Toussaint and his Rolls Royce. Mr Toussaint came to support local citizens gathered to show their support for a 7 day newspaper in the city following the recent shock announcement that the Times Picayune, having survived 175 years and Hurricane Katrina is to be decimated by Advance Publications Inc, a Newhouse family company. <br />
Photo; Charlie Varley
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  • 01 October, 05.  New Orleans, Louisiana. Lower 9th ward. Hurricane Katrina aftermath. <br />
The remnants of the lives of ordinary folks, now covered in mud as the flood waters recede.  Signs of life in the decimated neighbourhood. Fresh dog footprints in the damp mud.<br />
Photo; ©Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
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