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  • 23 July 2013. New Orleans, Louisiana.<br />
Fox 8 local reporter Leigh Isaacson stands in flood water following a major break in an old 30-inch water main, officials and workers from New orleans Sewerage and Water board struggle to contain the millions of gallons of water flooding homes and streets in The Carrolton neighbourhood. Huge investment in public infrastructure is required to repair and upgrade the ageing water delivery system in the city. Following the break, low water pressure and a public boil advisory affected tens of thousands of Uptown residents.<br />
Photo; Charlie Varley
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  • 23 July 2013. New Orleans, Louisiana.<br />
A local resident's car stuck in flood water. Following a major break in an old 30-inch water main, officials and workers from New orleans Sewerage and Water board struggle to contain the millions of gallons of water flooding homes and streets in The Carrolton neighbourhood. Huge investment in public infrastructure is required to repair and upgrade the ageing water delivery system in the city. Following the break, low water pressure and a public boil advisory affected tens of thousands of Uptown residents.<br />
Photo; Charlie Varley
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  • 23 July 2013. New Orleans, Louisiana.<br />
Following a major break in an old 30-inch water main, officials and workers from New orleans Sewerage and Water board struggle to contain the millions of gallons of water flooding homes and streets in The Carrolton neighbourhood. Huge investment in public infrastructure is required to repair and upgrade the ageing water delivery system in the city. Following the break, low water pressure and a public boil advisory affected tens of thousands of Uptown residents.<br />
Photo; Charlie Varley
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  • 23 July 2013. New Orleans, Louisiana.<br />
Following a major break in an old 30-inch water main, officials and workers from New orleans Sewerage and Water board struggle to contain the millions of gallons of water flooding homes and streets in The Carrolton neighbourhood. Huge investment in public infrastructure is required to repair and upgrade the ageing water delivery system in the city. Following the break, low water pressure and a public boil advisory affected tens of thousands of Uptown residents.<br />
Photo; Charlie Varley
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  • 23 July 2013. New Orleans, Louisiana.<br />
Following a major break in an old 30-inch water main, officials and workers from New orleans Sewerage and Water board struggle to contain the millions of gallons of water flooding homes and streets in The Carrolton neighbourhood. Huge investment in public infrastructure is required to repair and upgrade the ageing water delivery system in the city. Following the break, low water pressure and a public boil advisory affected tens of thousands of Uptown residents.<br />
Photo; Charlie Varley
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  • 23 July 2013. New Orleans, Louisiana.<br />
Following a major break in an old 30-inch water main, officials and workers from New orleans Sewerage and Water board struggle to contain the millions of gallons of water flooding homes and streets in The Carrolton neighbourhood. Huge investment in public infrastructure is required to repair and upgrade the ageing water delivery system in the city. Following the break, low water pressure and a public boil advisory affected tens of thousands of Uptown residents.<br />
Photo; Charlie Varley
    23july13-SWB-flood003.JPG
  • 23 July 2013. New Orleans, Louisiana.<br />
Following a major break in an old 30-inch water main, officials and workers from New orleans Sewerage and Water board struggle to contain the millions of gallons of water flooding homes and streets in The Carrolton neighbourhood. Huge investment in public infrastructure is required to repair and upgrade the ageing water delivery system in the city. Following the break, low water pressure and a public boil advisory affected tens of thousands of Uptown residents.<br />
Photo; Charlie Varley
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  • 23 July 2013. New Orleans, Louisiana.<br />
Following a major break in an old 30-inch water main, officials and workers from New orleans Sewerage and Water board struggle to contain the millions of gallons of water flooding homes and streets in The Carrolton neighbourhood. Huge investment in public infrastructure is required to repair and upgrade the ageing water delivery system in the city. Following the break, low water pressure and a public boil advisory affected tens of thousands of Uptown residents.<br />
Photo; Charlie Varley
    23july13-SWB-flood001.JPG
  • 23 July 2013. New Orleans, Louisiana.<br />
Following a major break in an old 30-inch water main, officials and workers from New orleans Sewerage and Water board struggle to contain the millions of gallons of water flooding homes and streets in The Carrolton neighbourhood. Huge investment in public infrastructure is required to repair and upgrade the ageing water delivery system in the city. Following the break, low water pressure and a public boil advisory affected tens of thousands of Uptown residents.<br />
Photo; Charlie Varley
    23july13-SWB-flood012.JPG
  • 23 July 2013. New Orleans, Louisiana.<br />
Following a major break in an old 30-inch water main, officials and workers from New orleans Sewerage and Water board struggle to contain the millions of gallons of water flooding homes and streets in The Carrolton neighbourhood. Huge investment in public infrastructure is required to repair and upgrade the ageing water delivery system in the city. Following the break, low water pressure and a public boil advisory affected tens of thousands of Uptown residents.<br />
Photo; Charlie Varley
    23july13-SWB-flood011.JPG
  • 23 July 2013. New Orleans, Louisiana.<br />
Following a major break in an old 30-inch water main, officials and workers from New orleans Sewerage and Water board struggle to contain the millions of gallons of water flooding homes and streets in The Carrolton neighbourhood. Huge investment in public infrastructure is required to repair and upgrade the ageing water delivery system in the city. Following the break, low water pressure and a public boil advisory affected tens of thousands of Uptown residents.<br />
Photo; Charlie Varley
    23july13-SWB-flood009.JPG
  • 23 July 2013. New Orleans, Louisiana.<br />
Following a major break in an old 30-inch water main, officials and workers from New orleans Sewerage and Water board struggle to contain the millions of gallons of water flooding homes and streets in The Carrolton neighbourhood. Huge investment in public infrastructure is required to repair and upgrade the ageing water delivery system in the city. Following the break, low water pressure and a public boil advisory affected tens of thousands of Uptown residents.<br />
Photo; Charlie Varley
    23july13-SWB-flood007.JPG
  • 23 July 2013. New Orleans, Louisiana.<br />
Following a major break in an old 30-inch water main, officials and workers from New orleans Sewerage and Water board struggle to contain the millions of gallons of water flooding homes and streets in The Carrolton neighbourhood. Huge investment in public infrastructure is required to repair and upgrade the ageing water delivery system in the city. Following the break, low water pressure and a public boil advisory affected tens of thousands of Uptown residents.<br />
Photo; Charlie Varley
    23july13-SWB-flood015.JPG
  • 1 June, 2006. Lower 9th Ward, New Orleans, Louisiana. The sun sets on the first day of hurricane season. Reflected misery. Water builds up amidst piles of wreckage in the devastated Lower 9th Ward. With water mains switched back on, ruptured infrastructure permits water to seep to the surface, forming stagnant fetid pools where mosquitos breed unchecked.
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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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  • 26 August 2015. New Orleans, Louisiana. <br />
Hurricane Katrina revisited. <br />
Rebuilding the Lower 9th Ward. <br />
Contractors working on behalf of the New Orleans Sewerage and Water Board repair supply pipes and drains providing hope for the rebirth of the community following the devastation of hurricane Katrina a decade earlier.<br />
Photo credit©; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com.
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  • 1st Oct, 2005. Hurricane Katrina aftermath, New Orleans, Louisiana. Lower 9th ward. The remnants of the lives of ordinary folks, now covered in mud as the flood waters recede. Small fish die as the last remianing water drains from the area leaving them gasping for air in receding puddles. Flies swarm around the rotting fish.
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  • 1 June, 2006. Lakeview, New Orleans, Louisiana. The first day of hurricane season 2006. Boats smashed by hurricane Katrina lie smashed in and out of the water at the New Orleans Marina, continuing to pollute the water and potentially provide debris problems in the event of a hurricane this season.
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  • 1 June, 2006. Lakeview, New Orleans, Louisiana. Contractors for the US Army Corps of Engineers work on the $50 million 17th Street Canal Interim Closure structure. The dam, designed to prevent water build up in the canal during hurricane storm surges is almost complete. Between 30 and 50 workers per 12 hour shift work around the clock, seven days a week to complete the dam. They continue to drive pilings into the water and have the center section left to complete. The barrier has yet to be automated with hydraulic lifts. For now the Army Corps must use cranes to manually close the structure. The pumping capacity is currently only 10% of pre hurricane Katrina levels, potentially leaving the affluent Lakeview neighbourhood unprotected.
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  • 1 June, 2006. Lakeview, New Orleans, Louisiana. Contractors for the US Army Corps of Engineers work on the $50 million 17th Street Canal Interim Closure structure. The dam, designed to prevent water build up in the canal during hurricane storm surges is almost complete. Between 30 and 50 workers per 12 hour shift work around the clock, seven days a week to complete the dam. They continue to drive pilings into the water and have the center section left to complete. The barrier has yet to be automated with hydraulic lifts. For now the Army Corps must use cranes to manually close the structure. The pumping capacity is currently only 10% of pre hurricane Katrina levels, potentially leaving the affluent Lakeview neighbourhood unprotected.
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  • 5th Sept, 2005. Hurricane Katrina aftermath. New Orleans. Murky water in Uptown New Orleans. Chemical pollution spills into the water.
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  • 27 August 2006 - New Orleans - Louisiana. Edward Claiborne, (51yrs.) Lower 9th ward. Edward stands in the neighbourhood he grew up in, close to where his mother's house was destroyed by hurricanme Katrina, the area from which he lost friends to the storm. His father 'died of grief' a few months after the storm, Edward says, once his father saw his destroyed home. Edward is wortking for the city, attempting to stop the waste of clean water that pours into drains from the hundreds of cracked water mains in the city. He stands in the lower 9th ward close to the Industrial Canal levee breach and his childhood home which no longer stands.
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  • 26 August 2015. New Orleans, Louisiana. <br />
Hurricane Katrina revisited. <br />
Rebuilding the Lower 9th Ward a decade later. <br />
A contractor working with the New Orleans Sewerage and Water Board get to work fixing a substantial leak below ground. Signs of a rebirth of the community following the devastation of hurricane Katrina a decade earlier.<br />
Photo credit©; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com.
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  • 26 August 2015. New Orleans, Louisiana. <br />
Hurricane Katrina revisited. <br />
Rebuilding the Lower 9th Ward a decade later. <br />
Contractors working with the New Orleans Sewerage and Water Board get to work fixing a substantial leak below ground. Signs of a rebirth of the community following the devastation of hurricane Katrina a decade earlier.<br />
Photo credit©; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com.
    26aug15-Katrina revisited038.JPG
  • 26 August 2015. New Orleans, Louisiana. <br />
Hurricane Katrina revisited. <br />
Rebuilding the Lower 9th Ward a decade later. <br />
Contractors working with the New Orleans Sewerage and Water Board get to work fixing a substantial leak below ground. Signs of a rebirth of the community following the devastation of hurricane Katrina a decade earlier.<br />
Photo credit©; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com.
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  • 26 August 2015. New Orleans, Louisiana. <br />
Hurricane Katrina revisited. <br />
Rebuilding the Lower 9th Ward a decade later. <br />
Contractors working with the New Orleans Sewerage and Water Board get to work fixing a substantial leak below ground. Signs of a rebirth of the community following the devastation of hurricane Katrina a decade earlier.<br />
Photo credit©; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com.
    26aug15-Katrina revisited071.JPG
  • 26 August 2015. New Orleans, Louisiana. <br />
Hurricane Katrina revisited. <br />
Rebuilding the Lower 9th Ward a decade later. <br />
Contractors working with the New Orleans Sewerage and Water Board get to work fixing a substantial leak below ground. Signs of a rebirth of the community following the devastation of hurricane Katrina a decade earlier.<br />
Photo credit©; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com.
    26aug15-Katrina revisited069.JPG
  • 26 August 2015. New Orleans, Louisiana. <br />
Hurricane Katrina revisited. <br />
Rebuilding the Lower 9th Ward a decade later. <br />
Contractors working with the New Orleans Sewerage and Water Board get to work fixing a substantial leak below ground. Signs of a rebirth of the community following the devastation of hurricane Katrina a decade earlier.<br />
Photo credit©; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com.
    26aug15-Katrina revisited068.JPG
  • 04 June 2015. Jean Lafitte National Historic Park, Louisiana.<br />
A yellow bellied water snake in the swamp at the Barataria Preserve wetlands south of New Orleans.<br />
Photo©; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
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  • 26 August 2015. New Orleans, Louisiana. <br />
Hurricane Katrina revisited. <br />
Rebuilding the Lower 9th Ward a decade later. <br />
Contractors working with the New Orleans Sewerage and Water Board get to work fixing a substantial leak below ground. Signs of a rebirth of the community following the devastation of hurricane Katrina a decade earlier.<br />
Photo credit©; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com.
    26aug15-Katrina revisited084.JPG
  • 26 August 2015. New Orleans, Louisiana. <br />
Hurricane Katrina revisited. <br />
Rebuilding the Lower 9th Ward a decade later. <br />
Contractors working with the New Orleans Sewerage and Water Board get to work fixing a substantial leak below ground. Signs of a rebirth of the community following the devastation of hurricane Katrina a decade earlier.<br />
Photo credit©; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com.
    26aug15-Katrina revisited070.JPG
  • 04 June 2015. Jean Lafitte National Historic Park, Louisiana.<br />
A yellow bellied water snake in the swamp at the Barataria Preserve wetlands south of New Orleans.<br />
Photo©; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
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  • 26 Sept, 2005.  Lake Calcasieu.  Hurricane Rita aftermath. <br />
<br />
 Ships lifted from the water rest on the shoreline.<br />
Photo; ©Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
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  • 05 June 2014. Jean Lafitte National Historic Park, Louisiana.<br />
A plain bellied water snake.<br />
Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
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  • 05 Sept  2005. New Orleans, Louisiana. Post hurricane Katrina.<br />
John A. Smith swims through the murky water in Uptown New Orleans as he and his family attempt to rescue their business.<br />
Photo; ©Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
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  • 05 Sept  2005. New Orleans, Louisiana. Post hurricane Katrina.<br />
Derek Williams (32) swims through the murky water in Uptown as he and his family attempt to rescue their business.<br />
Photo; ©Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
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  • 05 Sept  2005. New Orleans, Louisiana. Post hurricane Katrina.<br />
L/R Jonas Smith and his father John and brother John swim through the murky water in Uptown New Orleans as the family attempt to rescue their business.<br />
Photo; ©Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
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  • 05 Sept  2005. New Orleans, Louisiana. Post hurricane Katrina.<br />
L/R Jonas Smith and his father John and brother John swim through the murky water in Uptown New Orleans as the family attempt to rescue their business.<br />
Photo; ©Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
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  • 29 August 2006 - New Orleans - Louisiana. Lakeview. Lake Pontchartrain. Local fishermen cast their nets and land catfish from the still waters that just 12 months ago devastated the area as they filled back into the city, rupturing the nearby 17th street canal. The connection New Orleans and south Louisiana has with the water is inextricable. The two are forever linked together and until the Army Corps of Engineers is able to build sufficient flood protection, and the greater world is able to control global warming and rising seas, the city and the region will continue to be at increased risk for even greater devastation in the years ahead.
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  • 29 August 2012. Braithwaite, Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana,  USA. <br />
Emergency evacuations. A dog is rescued from flood waters. Hurricane Isaac batters the community of Braithwaite in Plaquemines Parish where residents were evacuated following the overtopping of a  levee. The water gushed in, inundating peoples houses on the 7th year anniversary of Hurricane Katrina.<br />
Photo; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
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  • 05 Sept  2005. New Orleans, Louisiana. Post hurricane Katrina.<br />
John A. Smith swims through the murky water in Uptown New Orleans as he and his family attempt to rescue their business.<br />
Photo; ©Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
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  • 05 Sept  2005. New Orleans, Louisiana. Post hurricane Katrina.<br />
L/R Jonas Smith and his father John swim through the murky water in Uptown New Orleans as the family attempt to rescue their business.<br />
Photo; ©Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
    05sept05-post katrina78.JPG
  • 1st Oct, 2005. Hurricane Katrina aftermath, New Orleans, Louisiana. Lower 9th ward. The remnants of the lives of ordinary folks, now covered in mud as the flood waters recede. Small fish die as the last remianing water drains from the area leaving them gasping for air in receding puddles. Flies swarm around the rotting fish.
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  • 30th Sept, 2005. Hurricane Katrina aftermath, New Orleans, Louisiana. Lower 9th ward. The remnants of the lives of ordinary folks, now covered in mud as the flood waters remain.The Humane Society of the U.S. rescues a dog that had been without food or water for 4 weeks.
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  • 23 July 2010. Cat Islands. Barataria Bay near Grand Isle, Louisiana. <br />
Despite a 65 yard (20 meter) exclusion zone around oil boom without special permission from the Joint Information Center, (max fine $40,000 and class 'D' felony) local fishermen have returned to the area recently opened to recreational fishing. Commercial fishing is still closed. Local fishermen are greatly relieved to be back on the water catching speckled trout, redfish, halibut and many other species as pelicans look on from oil boom.<br />
But has mother nature naturally cleaned up the oil spill with human help?  In what would appear to be good news for the area, the pelicans and boom are relatively clean and fish tested by every level of food safety is classified fit for human consumption. A sweep through Barataria bay uncovered only two oiled pelicans. No tar balls or oil were seen in the water. Many of the marsh grasses appeared to be growing back. Perhaps the area is witnessing the beginning of the end of the disaster from BP's massive oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico? It will be many years before the long term effects of the spill are known and a tropical storm or hurricane could still bring large slicks of oil ashore. For now though, the situation looks relatively good.<br />
Photo credit; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
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  • 29 August 2012. Braithwaite, Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana,  USA. <br />
Emergency evacuations. A dog is rescued from flood waters. Hurricane Isaac batters the community of Braithwaite in Plaquemines Parish where residents were evacuated following the overtopping of a  levee. The water gushed in, inundating peoples houses on the 7th year anniversary of Hurricane Katrina.<br />
Photo; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
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  • 29 August 2012. Braithwaite, Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana,  USA. <br />
Emergency evacuations. Hurricane Isaac batters the community of Braithwaite in Plaquemines Parish where residents were evacuated following the overtopping of a  levee. The water gushed in, inundating peoples houses on the 7th year anniversary of Hurricane Katrina.<br />
Photo; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
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  • 24 February 2016. Water tower Street, Convent, Louisiana.<br />
Devastation following a deadly EF2 tornado touchdown. 2 confirmed dead. <br />
Mary Williams (53 yrs) and granddaughter Leona Washington (2 yrs) survey the damage to their home.<br />
Photo©; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
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  • 24 February 2016. Water tower Street, Convent, Louisiana.<br />
Devastation following a deadly EF2 tornado touchdown. 2 confirmed dead. <br />
Michael Davis (54 yrs) credits his faith for saving him from the deadly tornado which destroyed his house. Family images hang untouched on the walls.<br />
Photo©; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
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  • 24 February 2016. Water tower Street, Convent, Louisiana.<br />
Devastation following a deadly EF2 tornado touchdown. 2 confirmed dead. <br />
Michael Davis (54 yrs) credits his faith for saving him from the deadly tornado which destroyed his house. <br />
Photo©; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
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  • 24 February 2016. Water tower Street, Convent, Louisiana.<br />
Devastation following a deadly EF2 tornado touchdown. 2 confirmed dead. <br />
Michael Davis (54 yrs) credits his faith for saving him from the deadly tornado which destroyed his house. <br />
Photo©; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
    24feb16-Deadly Tornado001.jpg
  • 24 February 2016. Water tower Street, Convent, Louisiana.<br />
Devastation following a deadly EF2 tornado touchdown. 2 confirmed dead. <br />
Clarence Walters (center) sits beside the remains of his business partners destroyed trailer home and car. His friend was in the home when it was flipped over into the middle of the street.<br />
Photo©; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
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  • 24 February 2016. Water tower Street, Convent, Louisiana.<br />
Devastation following a deadly EF2 tornado touchdown. 2 confirmed dead. <br />
Donald Green (62 yrs) sits in the remains of his home destroyed by the storm. Green was born and raised in the house left to him by his mother. He has no insurance. <br />
Photo©; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
    24feb16-Deadly Tornado071.jpg
  • 24 February 2016. Water tower Street, Convent, Louisiana.<br />
Devastation following a deadly EF2 tornado touchdown. 2 confirmed dead. <br />
Clarence Walters (center) sits beside the remains of his business partners destroyed trailer home and car. His friend was in the home when it was flipped over into the middle of the street. A local sheriff hands out food.<br />
Photo©; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
    24feb16-Deadly Tornado074.jpg
  • 24 February 2016. Water tower Street, Convent, Louisiana.<br />
Devastation following a deadly EF2 tornado touchdown. 2 confirmed dead. <br />
Donald Green (62 yrs) sits in the remains of his home destroyed by the storm. Green was born and raised in the house left to him by his mother. He has no insurance. <br />
Photo©; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
    24feb16-Deadly Tornado072.jpg
  • 29 August 2006. New Orleans, Louisiana. Lakeview. Lake Pontchartrain. Local fishermen cast their nets and land catfish from the still waters that just 12 months ago devastated the area as they filled back into the city, rupturing the nearby 17th street canal. The connection New Orleans and south Louisiana has with the water is inextricable. The two are forever linked together and until the Army Corps of Engineers is able to build sufficient flood protection, and the greater world is able to control global warming and rising seas, the city and the region will continue to be at increased risk for even greater devastation in the years ahead.<br />
Photo Credit©; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
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  • 29 August 2006. New Orleans, Louisiana. Lakeview. Lake Pontchartrain. Local fishermen cast their nets and land catfish from the still waters that just 12 months ago devastated the area as they filled back into the city, rupturing the nearby 17th street canal. The connection New Orleans and south Louisiana has with the water is inextricable. The two are forever linked together and until the Army Corps of Engineers is able to build sufficient flood protection, and the greater world is able to control global warming and rising seas, the city and the region will continue to be at increased risk for even greater devastation in the years ahead.<br />
Photo Credit©; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
    29aug06-kat-anniv627.JPG
  • 29 August 2006. New Orleans, Louisiana. Lakeview. Lake Pontchartrain. Local fishermen cast their nets and land catfish from the still waters that just 12 months ago devastated the area as they filled back into the city, rupturing the nearby 17th street canal. The connection New Orleans and south Louisiana has with the water is inextricable. The two are forever linked together and until the Army Corps of Engineers is able to build sufficient flood protection, and the greater world is able to control global warming and rising seas, the city and the region will continue to be at increased risk for even greater devastation in the years ahead.<br />
Photo Credit©; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
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  • 29 August 2006. New Orleans, Louisiana. Lakeview. Lake Pontchartrain. The ruins of a fishing pier reflect in the still waters that just 12 months ago devastated the area as they filled back into the city, rupturing the nearby 17th street canal. The connection New Orleans and south Louisiana has with the water is inextricable. The two are forever linked together and until the Army Corps of Engineers is able to build sufficient flood protection, and the greater world is able to control global warming and rising seas, the city and the region will continue to be at increased risk for even greater devastation in the years ahead.<br />
Photo Credit©; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
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  • 29 August 2006. New Orleans, Louisiana. Lakeview. Lake Pontchartrain. The ruins of a fishing pier reflect in the still waters that just 12 months ago devastated the area as they filled back into the city, rupturing the nearby 17th street canal. The connection New Orleans and south Louisiana has with the water is inextricable. The two are forever linked together and until the Army Corps of Engineers is able to build sufficient flood protection, and the greater world is able to control global warming and rising seas, the city and the region will continue to be at increased risk for even greater devastation in the years ahead.<br />
Photo Credit©; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
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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. Small fish die as the last remaining water drains from the area leaving them gasping for air in receding puddles. Flies swarm around the rotting fish.<br />
Photo; ©Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
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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. Small fish die as the last remaining water drains from the area leaving them gasping for air in receding puddles.<br />
Photo; ©Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
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  • 25 Sept, 2005. Cameron, Louisiana. Hurricane Rita aftermath. <br />
Snakes are a danger to locals as they try to escape the saline water.<br />
Photo; ©Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
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  • 05 February 2015. Monroeville, Alabama.<br />
On the trail of Harper Lee's 'To Kill a Mocking Bird.'<br />
A water tower in the town.<br />
Photo; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
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  • 30 Sept, 2005. 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 remain.The Humane Society of the U.S. rescues a dog that had been without food or water for 4 weeks.<br />
Photo; ©Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
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  • 30 Sept, 2005. 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 remain. A lady from the Humane Society sets off into the water in search of animals to rescue.<br />
Photo; ©Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
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  • 05 Sept  2005. New Orleans, Louisiana. Post hurricane Katrina.<br />
Residents who refuse to leave. A lady wades through the water where some residents of Uptown New Orleans refuse to leave the devastated flood areas.<br />
Photo; ©Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
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  • 1 June, 2006. Lower 9th Ward, New Orleans, Louisiana. First day of hurricane season. An armed security guard stands watch over Army Corps engineers and contractors who have been threatened as they rebuild the 4,000 ft long, $34 million  flood wall, rebuilt by Cajun Contractors for the Army Corps of Engineers is almost complete and stands, in theory, ready to protect the devastated Lower 9th Ward from the Inner Harbor Navigational Canal. Photographed is the area where a huge barge smashed through the original flood wall, where a tidal wave of water rushed through, devastating the area where so many people died.
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  • 1 June, 2006. Lower 9th Ward, New Orleans, Louisiana. First day of hurricane season. L/R; Children of the storm return home. Ariana Murph (13 yrs) and her friend Renisha Menendez (11 yrs) escape a biting insect as they walk through piles of wreckage of what used to be Ariana's home at 1739 Jourdan Ave in the devastated Lower 9th Ward. Photographed is the area where a huge barge smashed through the original flood wall, where a tidal wave of water rushed through, devastating the area where so many people died. Four of Ariana's neighbours perished in the storm.
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  • 1 June, 2006. Lower 9th Ward, New Orleans, Louisiana. First day of hurricane season. Children of the storm return home. R/L; Arthur Murph clambers out of the rubble of what remains of his home. His daughters' friend Renisha Menendez (11 yrs) retrieves an evacuation suitcase he packed for his daughter Ariana, but was never able to get out before the home was destroyed. They stand in the wreckage of what used to be Murph and Ariana's home at 1739 Jourdan Ave in the devastated Lower 9th Ward. The huge barge which smashed through the original flood wall came to rest in front of their house, where a tidal wave of water rushed through, devastating the area where so many people died. Four of Arthur's neighbours perished in the storm. Arthur was in his home when the levee breached, he claims the night of the 28th August, 2005, the night before Hurricane Katrina made landfall. Arthur smashed his way out of his roof and swam to a neighbors house where he remained for 3 days awaiting rescue. Arthur can not go into details because of a pending lawsuit. He appears in the Spike Lee movie about the storm.
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  • 1 June, 2006. Lakeview, New Orleans, Louisiana. First day of hurricane season. Kewit contractors of the Gilbert Southern Group working for the US Army Corps of Engineers work on the $41.5 million Orleans Canal Interim Closure structure. The structure, designed to prevent water build up in the canal during hurricane storm surges is almost complete. A worker talks on his cell phone amidst the structure. The pumping capacity has yet to match that of pre hurricane Katrina levels, potentially leaving the affluent Lakeview neighbourhood unprotected once again.
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  • May 2nd, 2006. Plaquemines Parish just south of New Orleans, Louisiana. Over 8 months after hurricane Katrina and still the parish remains in ruins. Desolate buildings with graffiti sprayed on the walls. A collapsed water tower in the back yard.
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  • 1st Sept, 2005. Hurricane Katrina, New Orleans, Louisiana. Mass evacuation begins. Superdome evacuees start to board the first convoy of busses out of the city. Children wait in the water.
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  • 20 April 2014. Barataria Preserve, Louisiana. <br />
Yellow bellied water snake at the Barataria Preserve.<br />
Photo; Charlie Varley
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  • 23 July 2010. Queen Bess Island near Grand Isle, Louisiana. <br />
Oil containment hard boom appears to collect foaming sea water, a likely result of chemical dispersants in the waters at Queen Bess Island near Grand Isle. Minor storms and swell easily remove the boom from flimsy moorings creating yet another problem in the region. Stakes tethering boom to the bay floor are unlikely to be removed, causing yet more obstacles for shrimp fishermen to tear their nets on when shrimping is permitted to resume. The entire area appears to be relatively clean of oil. Perhaps the area is witnessing the beginning of the end of the disaster from BP's massive oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico? It will be many years before the long term effects of the spill are known and a tropical storm or hurricane could still bring large slicks of oil ashore. <br />
Photo credit; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
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  • 23 July 2010. Cat Islands. Barataria Bay near Grand Isle, Louisiana. <br />
Has mother nature naturally cleaned up the oil spill with human help? Young immature pelicans rest on one of the Cat islands near Grand Isle. In what would appear to be good news for the area, the pelicans and boom are clean. A sweep through Barataria bay uncovered only two oiled pelicans. No tar balls or oil were seen in the water. Many of the marsh grasses appeared to be growing back. Perhaps the area is witnessing the beginning of the end of the disaster from BP's massive oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico? It will be many years before the long term effects of the spill are known and a tropical storm or hurricane could still bring large slicks of oil ashore. For now though, the situation looks relatively good.<br />
Photo credit; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
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  • 05 May 2010. Venice, Louisiana. Deepwater Horizon, British Petroleum environmental oil spill disaster.<br />
Just a fraction of what is at stake. Sunset over some of Louisiana's southernmost wetlands as seen from Venice Marina. If the oil pollution gets into these wetlands, it could potentially kill everything. The plants, the animals, the fish and life as locals know it could be gone forever. Only a great deal of luck from wind and water currents might the pollution be carried away from here. But it is going to land somewhere. The Florida Keys are hoping and praying it will not be there.<br />
Photo credit; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
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  • 05 May 2010. Venice, Louisiana. Deepwater Horizon, British Petroleum environmental oil spill disaster.<br />
Just a fraction of what is at stake. Sunset over some of Louisiana's southernmost wetlands as seen from Venice Marina. If the oil pollution gets into these wetlands, it could potentially kill everything. The plants, the animals, the fish and life as locals know it could be gone forever. Only a great deal of luck from wind and water currents might the pollution be carried away from here. But it is going to land somewhere. The Florida Keys are hoping and praying it will not be there.<br />
Photo credit; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
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  • 05 May 2010. Venice, Louisiana. Deepwater Horizon, British Petroleum environmental oil spill disaster.<br />
Just a fraction of what is at stake. Sunset over some of Louisiana's southernmost wetlands as seen from Venice Marina. If the oil pollution gets into these wetlands, it could potentially kill everything. The plants, the animals, the fish and life as locals know it could be gone forever. Only a great deal of luck from wind and water currents might the pollution be carried away from here. But it is going to land somewhere. The Florida Keys are hoping and praying it will not be there.<br />
Photo credit; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
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  • 29 August 2012. Braithwaite, Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana,  USA. <br />
Jacqui Goddard near the community of Braithwaite in Plaquemines Parish. Hurricane Isaac has battered the community where residents were evacuated following the overtopping of a  levee. The water gushed in, inundating peoples houses on the 7th year anniversary of Hurricane Katrina.<br />
Photo; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
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  • 29 August 2012. Braithwaite, Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana,  USA. <br />
Emergency evacuations. Hurricane Isaac batters the community of Braithwaite in Plaquemines Parish where residents were evacuated following the overtopping of a  levee. The water gushed in, inundating peoples houses on the 7th year anniversary of Hurricane Katrina.<br />
Photo; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
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  • 29 August 2012. Braithwaite, Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana,  USA. <br />
Emergency evacuations. Hurricane Isaac batters the community of Braithwaite in Plaquemines Parish where residents were evacuated following the overtopping of a  levee. The water gushed in, inundating peoples houses on the 7th year anniversary of Hurricane Katrina.<br />
Photo; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
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  • 29 August 2012. Braithwaite, Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana,  USA. <br />
Emergency evacuations. Hurricane Isaac batters the community of Braithwaite in Plaquemines Parish where residents were evacuated following the overtopping of a  levee. The water gushed in, inundating peoples houses on the 7th year anniversary of Hurricane Katrina.<br />
Photo; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
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  • 29 August 2012. Braithwaite, Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana,  USA. <br />
Emergency evacuations. Hurricane Isaac batters the community of Braithwaite in Plaquemines Parish where residents were evacuated following the overtopping of a  levee. The water gushed in, inundating peoples houses on the 7th year anniversary of Hurricane Katrina.<br />
Photo; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
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  • 29 August 2012. Braithwaite, Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana,  USA. <br />
Emergency evacuations. Hurricane Isaac batters the community of Braithwaite in Plaquemines Parish where residents were evacuated following the overtopping of a  levee. The water gushed in, inundating peoples houses on the 7th year anniversary of Hurricane Katrina.<br />
Photo; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
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  • 29 August 2012. Braithwaite, Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana,  USA. <br />
Emergency evacuations. Hurricane Isaac batters the community of Braithwaite in Plaquemines Parish where residents were evacuated following the overtopping of a  levee. The water gushed in, inundating peoples houses on the 7th year anniversary of Hurricane Katrina.<br />
Photo; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
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  • 29 August 2012. Braithwaite, Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana,  USA. <br />
Emergency evacuations. Hurricane Isaac batters the community of Braithwaite in Plaquemines Parish where residents were evacuated following the overtopping of a  levee. The water gushed in, inundating peoples houses on the 7th year anniversary of Hurricane Katrina.<br />
Photo; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
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  • 29 August 2012. Braithwaite, Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana,  USA. <br />
Emergency evacuations. Hurricane Isaac batters the community of Braithwaite in Plaquemines Parish where residents were evacuated following the overtopping of a  levee. The water gushed in, inundating peoples houses on the 7th year anniversary of Hurricane Katrina.<br />
Photo;Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
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  • 28 August 2012. New Orleans, Louisiana,  USA. <br />
Children play in flood water as Lake Pontchartrain crashes against the sea wall. Hurricane Isaac spins in the Gulf just waiting to come ashore. The 7th year anniversary of Hurricane Katrina is tomorrow and with a storm lurking in the Gulf many in the city are on edge.<br />
Photo; Charlie Varley
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  • 28 August 2012. New Orleans, Louisiana,  USA. <br />
Children play in flood water as Lake Pontchartrain crashes against the sea wall. Hurricane Isaac spins in the Gulf just waiting to come ashore. The 7th year anniversary of Hurricane Katrina is tomorrow and with a storm lurking in the Gulf many in the city are on edge.<br />
Photo; Charlie Varley
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  • 28 August 2012. New Orleans, Louisiana,  USA. <br />
Shana Fincher standsin flood water as Lake Pontchartrain crashes against the sea wall. Hurricane Isaac spins in the Gulf just waiting to come ashore. The 7th year anniversary of Hurricane Katrina is tomorrow and with a storm lurking in the Gulf many in the city are on edge.<br />
Photo; Charlie Varley
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  • 29th August, 2005. Hurricane Katrina hits New Orleans, Louisiana. Scared and relieved, 4yr old Anfernya Figueroa is rescued from the lower 9th ward after it disappeared under water.
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  • 07 September 2012. Braithwaite, Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana,  USA. .Stephanie Gelvin surveys the total destruction of her family home and all their possessions on her first return visit since evacuation before Hurricane Isaac carried a 16ft storm surge through her neighbourhood. The family moved as many items as they could to the second floor thinking they would be secure should the house flood. The water rose well into the second floor leaving very few precious items to salvage..Photo; Charlie Varley.
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  • 01 September 2012. Braithwaite, Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana,  USA. .Stolthaven Chemical Plant. Scenes from the submerged town of Braithwaite following hurricane Isaac. A chemical storage terminal and rail carriages lie under water amidst fears the town could be subject to toxic leaks. .Photo; Charlie Varley.
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  • 01 September 2012. Braithwaite, Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana,  USA. .Stolthaven Chemical Plant. Scenes from the submerged town of Braithwaite following hurricane Isaac. A chemical storage terminal and rail carriages lie under water amidst fears the town could be subject to toxic leaks. .Photo; Charlie Varley.
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  • 31st August 2012. St Bernard Parish, Louisiana,  USA. .Airmen from the Louisiana Air National Guard ensure that all their shirts are tucked in as they provide vital food, water and ice to the residents of areas battered by hurricane Isaac. There's a certain irony to the sign in the back window of the Corolla - 'God Not Govt' - especially seeing as who is doing the heavy lifting. Photo; Charlie Varley.
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  • 29 August 2012. Braithwaite, Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana,  USA. .Emergency evacuations. Hurricane Isaac batters the community of Braithwaite in Plaquemines Parish where residents were evacuated following the overtopping of a  levee. The water gushed in, inundating peoples houses on the 7th year anniversary of Hurricane Katrina..Photo; Charlie Varley.
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  • 24 February 2016. Water tower Street, Convent, Louisiana.<br />
Devastation following a deadly EF2 tornado touchdown. 2 confirmed dead. <br />
Mary Williams (53 yrs) and granddaughter Leona Washington (2 yrs) survey the damage to their home.<br />
Photo©; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
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  • 24 February 2016. Water tower Street, Convent, Louisiana.<br />
Devastation following a deadly EF2 tornado touchdown. 2 confirmed dead. <br />
Michael Davis (54 yrs) credits his faith for saving him from the deadly tornado which destroyed his house. <br />
Photo©; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
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  • 24 February 2016. Water tower Street, Convent, Louisiana.<br />
Devastation following a deadly EF3 tornado touchdown. 2 confirmed dead. <br />
Mary Williams (53 yrs) and granddaughter Leona Washington (2 yrs) survey the damage to their home.<br />
Photo©; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
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