Houses were split open, and you could see necklaces hanging from branches of trees.*
I�ve been running around New York for a few days and I keep hearing that FEMA is providing 125,000 trailers to the Katrina impacted area. My mind keeps painting this picture of Orleans Parish being a big trailer park. I can imagine a whole Gummo-esc culture replacing Lakeview�trailers being stacked on top of each other and faux fronts being built to hide the fact. It�s a neat, if not disturbing thought exercise.
I can�t really find any proof or details about this, but I do remember seeing something on the news. Some interview with a dealership owner who�d been told x number of trailers were being purchased but then no one ever came back. That must have been in the week or two following the storm though and I�ve heard nothing since.
Well, this is all going to be very interesting. So at least there�s that.
*quote from the opening narative of Gummo
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WWLTV showed a nice shot of a makeshift FEMA trailer park in an undiscolsed location in New Orleans that is supposed to open later today or tomorrow. Hundreds of mobile homes with pop-out dining rooms, all neatly 10 feet apart from each other in a concrete parking lot.
For those seeking alternative housing in New Orleans, FEMA is sponsoring their own version of Craig’s list, with listings for properties available for rent. It’s located at:
http://dhronline.org/
STEVE O’KEEFE
Marigny Refugee
WWLTV showed a nice shot of a makeshift FEMA trailer park in an undiscolsed location in New Orleans that is supposed to open later today or tomorrow. Hundreds of mobile homes with pop-out dining rooms, all neatly 10 feet apart from each other in a concrete parking lot.
For those seeking alternative housing in New Orleans, FEMA is sponsoring their own version of Craig’s list, with listings for properties available for rent. It’s located at:
http://dhronline.org/
STEVE O’KEEFE
Marigny Refugee