Lower Ninth Ward - Almost four years later

Except for busloads of college students cleaning debris, a few houses and cars still settled in odd positions --like in someone's yard or in their house-- stakes hammered into the ground to mark streets and street names, not much has changed since I went through there 2 years ago. Back then there was no power on---but the Superdome was reinovated in time for the next Saints game and Mardi Gras went on as usual. We took in over 200 kids at our high school and the affects are long lasting. We had special counselors set up for them. Some of the displaced teachers--very brave people--settled in and got to work with them. They have been amazing considering what they'd also been through. You could see panic in the eyes of kids---the ones who braved coming to school--- when the first rain storm came. All the signs of PTSD. I understand the same was true from our friends along the Gulf in Mississippi and Texas. From: Luttermaker This is one reason I keep going back on my annual mission. http://www.psfk.com/2009/02/pics-the-lower-ninth-ward-almost-four-years-later.html