# So I am in New Orleans... **URL:** \ **Category:** NYSpeed Off Topic\ **Created:** [March 16, 2010, 5:10pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/so-i-am-in-new-orleans/151632 "2010-03-16T17:10:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![travisn](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/travisn/32/5046_2.png) [@travisn](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/travisn)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2010, 5:10pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/so-i-am-in-new-orleans/151632/1 "2010-03-16T17:10:00Z")
Volunteering for my spring break. Just drywall and painting so far… Haven’t had time to take that many pictures but here are a few. ![http://img532.imageshack.us/img532/117/img0177a.jpg](http://img532.imageshack.us/img532/117/img0177a.jpg) ![http://img40.imageshack.us/img40/7644/img0180aj.jpg](http://img40.imageshack.us/img40/7644/img0180aj.jpg) ![http://img140.imageshack.us/img140/8350/img0204ar.jpg](http://img140.imageshack.us/img140/8350/img0204ar.jpg) ![http://img3.imageshack.us/img3/7365/img0213ay.jpg](http://img3.imageshack.us/img3/7365/img0213ay.jpg) Notice the water level lines: ![http://img716.imageshack.us/img716/9545/img0226au.jpg](http://img716.imageshack.us/img716/9545/img0226au.jpg) ![http://img30.imageshack.us/img30/3116/img0189an.jpg](http://img30.imageshack.us/img30/3116/img0189an.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Paulo](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/paulo/32/7328_2.png) [@Paulo](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Paulo)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2010, 1:49am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/so-i-am-in-new-orleans/151632/2 "2010-03-17T01:49:55Z")
Are there still areas that are completely abandoned? I like the 3rd pic a lot. :tup: ---
**Author:** ![dyingtolive15](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/dyingtolive15/32/7472_2.png) [@dyingtolive15](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/dyingtolive15)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2010, 3:24pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/so-i-am-in-new-orleans/151632/3 "2010-03-17T15:24:06Z")
I was down there all last week volunteering with Historic Green. Some good things being done down there. Who you working with? ---
**Author:** ![pirite](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/pirite/32/5308_2.png) [@pirite](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/pirite)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2010, 3:30pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/so-i-am-in-new-orleans/151632/4 "2010-03-17T15:30:34Z")
:tup: to actually doing something good on your spring break. my mom went down there and helped out last year. its just crazy how things slip out of our minds so quick. ---
**Author:** ![travisn](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/travisn/32/5046_2.png) [@travisn](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/travisn)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2010, 4:04pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/so-i-am-in-new-orleans/151632/5 "2010-03-17T16:04:06Z")
We are working with Episcopal Community Services of Louisiana. And yea, we already planning on coming down in June after school is out. I am hoping to get more pictures but we are really busy working and doing stuff, barely any downtime. ---
**Author:** ![JustinH](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9fc29f/32.png) [@JustinH](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JustinH)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2010, 4:21pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/so-i-am-in-new-orleans/151632/6 "2010-03-17T16:21:39Z")
Good for you. Our government should have had this totally fixed by now, its sad to see that they are pouring money to other countries before the STATE of Louisiana is fixed. ---
**Author:** ![travisn](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/travisn/32/5046_2.png) [@travisn](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/travisn)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2010, 5:18pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/so-i-am-in-new-orleans/151632/7 "2010-03-17T17:18:06Z")
Yea we had a few ‘presentations’ given to us that debunked a lot of the myths. Its pretty fucked up ---
**Author:** ![Karter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e480ec/32.png) [@Karter](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Karter)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2010, 7:05pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/so-i-am-in-new-orleans/151632/8 "2010-03-17T19:05:08Z")
> [@JustinH](#): > > Good for you. Our government should have had this totally fixed by now, its sad to see that they are pouring money to other countries before the STATE of Louisiana is fixed. how much oil is in mainland LA ? ---
**Author:** ![Mike93](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/mike93/32/7325_2.png) [@Mike93](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Mike93)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2010, 8:20pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/so-i-am-in-new-orleans/151632/9 "2010-03-17T20:20:04Z")
I LOVE New Orleans…heading down the again in 2 weeks:) What area of the city have you been spending your time? ---
**Author:** ![bing](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/bing/32/7211_2.png) [@bing](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/bing)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2010, 9:20pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/so-i-am-in-new-orleans/151632/10 "2010-03-17T21:20:09Z")
like that street sign with “the line” on it… i heard there are only like 1 million people left there, the rest left and never came back. ---
**Author:** ![travisn](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/travisn/32/5046_2.png) [@travisn](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/travisn)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2010, 5:36am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/so-i-am-in-new-orleans/151632/11 "2010-03-18T05:36:54Z")
our house is on this street [_LINK_](http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=Vicksburg+St,+New+Orleans,+LA+70124&sll=29.97187,-90.070531&sspn=0.008736,0.01929&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=Vicksburg+St,+New+Orleans,+Orleans,+Louisiana+70124&t=h&z=13) and we are working around here [_LINK_](http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=kerlerec+and+prieur,+New+Orleans,+LA+70124&sll=29.966758,-90.072699&sspn=0.034948,0.077162&ie=UTF8&cd=1&hq=&hnear=N+Prieur+St+%26+Kerlerec+St,+New+Orleans,+Orleans,+Louisiana+70116&ll=29.97187,-90.070531&spn=0.008736,0.01929&t=h&z=16) ---
**Author:** ![ProgRocker](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/progrocker/32/5434_2.png) [@ProgRocker](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ProgRocker)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2010, 5:52am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/so-i-am-in-new-orleans/151632/12 "2010-03-18T05:52:06Z")
are those houses in the first couple pics even salvageable? ---
**Author:** ![travisn](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/travisn/32/5046_2.png) [@travisn](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/travisn)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2010, 4:33pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/so-i-am-in-new-orleans/151632/13 "2010-03-18T16:33:24Z")
the first two are of the same house and occupied as far as I have noticed, the third one the guy is still saving up to rebuild. both were on each side of the house we are working on and is across the street to the right from the last one. more pictures in a few. definitely dont have the time I want to explore. I can only meander around where we are that day. the lower 9th ward was incredible though. it really puts life into perspective seeing everything down here. ---
**Author:** ![travisn](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/travisn/32/5046_2.png) [@travisn](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/travisn)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2010, 3:45pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/so-i-am-in-new-orleans/151632/14 "2010-03-25T15:45:59Z")
here are the the rest of the better ones… the “X” is from when rescuers searched the house; date on the top, agency who found the house on the left, whether they could get inside or not on the right, and number of bodies found on the bottom ![http://img138.imageshack.us/img138/9869/img0231a.jpg](http://img138.imageshack.us/img138/9869/img0231a.jpg) ![http://img202.imageshack.us/img202/5741/img0235a.jpg](http://img202.imageshack.us/img202/5741/img0235a.jpg) ![http://img231.imageshack.us/img231/231/img0244ar.jpg](http://img231.imageshack.us/img231/231/img0244ar.jpg) Delgato community college, rep from Phi Theta Kappa showed us around a lot, this is his school ![http://img46.imageshack.us/img46/4783/img308a.jpg](http://img46.imageshack.us/img46/4783/img308a.jpg) right next to that college: ![http://img191.imageshack.us/img191/5436/img0248ac.jpg](http://img191.imageshack.us/img191/5436/img0248ac.jpg) I forget the name of this building, but its located here [LINK](http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=demontluzin+new+orleans&sll=29.94665,-90.075434&sspn=0.069909,0.154324&ie=UTF8&hq=demontluzin&hnear=New+Orleans,+LA&ll=30.014678,-90.051541&spn=0.004171,0.009645&t=h&z=17) ![http://img689.imageshack.us/img689/333/img0295a.jpg](http://img689.imageshack.us/img689/333/img0295a.jpg) ![http://img196.imageshack.us/img196/6647/img0297ad.jpg](http://img196.imageshack.us/img196/6647/img0297ad.jpg) ![http://img687.imageshack.us/img687/1572/img0307al.jpg](http://img687.imageshack.us/img687/1572/img0307al.jpg) River boat tour on the Mississippi: ![http://img6.imageshack.us/img6/1155/img0319ahr.jpg](http://img6.imageshack.us/img6/1155/img0319ahr.jpg) ![http://img709.imageshack.us/img709/3669/img0381ar.jpg](http://img709.imageshack.us/img709/3669/img0381ar.jpg) ![http://img510.imageshack.us/img510/2364/img0383au.jpg](http://img510.imageshack.us/img510/2364/img0383au.jpg) ![http://img210.imageshack.us/img210/3423/img0387az.jpg](http://img210.imageshack.us/img210/3423/img0387az.jpg) ![http://img87.imageshack.us/img87/740/img0411aq.jpg](http://img87.imageshack.us/img87/740/img0411aq.jpg) ![http://img179.imageshack.us/img179/7536/img0440a.jpg](http://img179.imageshack.us/img179/7536/img0440a.jpg) notice the beads: ![http://img80.imageshack.us/img80/1659/img0445a.jpg](http://img80.imageshack.us/img80/1659/img0445a.jpg) obligatory (washed out) bmw picture: ![http://img717.imageshack.us/img717/631/img0451am.jpg](http://img717.imageshack.us/img717/631/img0451am.jpg) house we worked on: ![http://img210.imageshack.us/img210/4673/img0272am.jpg](http://img210.imageshack.us/img210/4673/img0272am.jpg) One of my favorites: ![http://img697.imageshack.us/img697/7257/img0262akm.jpg](http://img697.imageshack.us/img697/7257/img0262akm.jpg)