There is an imposing brick townhouse, with a first floor 9.5 feet up in the air, which he built after levee breaches following Katrina swamped much of the city and his original home. Three other ...
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — In New Orleans' Lower 9th Ward, the grasses grow taller than people and street after street is scarred by empty decaying houses, the lives that once played out inside their walls ...
A sales brochure for Deltec Homes says "round for a reason". Dale and Carolyn Medley of Pass Christian now understand the reason, courtesy of Hurricane Katrina. The couple's unusual home withstood the ...
NEW ORLEANS (WGNO)-- For 10 years, old houses have been raised to new heights by homeowners who don't want to risk another Hurricane Katrina flood.In fact, FEMA requires homeowners who raise their ...
NEW ORLEANS — On a quiet Gentilly street sits something special. On Saturday, the 'Flooded House Museum' opened to the public. A brick house that displays the same damages that homes sustained in the ...
When St. Bernard Parish was ravaged by flooding in Hurricane Katrina and fouled by a massive oil spill, Kevin Pedeaux could have followed many neighbors who left the area for the north shore. Instead, ...
NEW ORLEANS – In New Orleans' Lower 9th Ward, the grasses grow taller than people and street after street is scarred by empty decaying houses, the lives that once played out inside their walls hardly ...