What the press should be filming on 8/29
On 7/25/06 9:59 AM, H (who stayed during Katrina) responds:
Rachel and all:
I agree. T and I have said the same thing. The Can was and is an island as a result of Katrina and we wanted to stay close on this anniversary. I want to eat cooked food, drink cold drinks and use electricity on this anniversary…
Playing devil’s advocate (this is almost literal) though, Ray is probably doing this celebration not for us, but for the tourism business; cameras from all over the world will be here as part of our calender obsessed news coverage. The production is going to be soooo predictable (replays of “one year ago today” type horror video quickly edited into today’s life on the street, read bourbon street; tear jerker paula zahn stuff in the lower 9 acting like she’s down with buckjumping; Fox suggesting that “someone” speculated that John Kerry drove his swift boat through the breach).
Anyway, it is an opportunity for the biggest free commercial we’ll ever have. All of us locals know it’s just an act. But suburban america (NASCAR enthusiasts), who dream of buying beer on sundays, will be interested in watching/gawking at our ability to have fun… Although the end of Ray’s speech should be, “may they rest in peace”, it’s likely going to be, “open 24-7″…
Cynically,
H
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For those not from here:
buck·jump (bkjmp)
intr.v. buck·jumped, buck·jump·ing, buck·jumps
1. To buck, as a horse or mule does.
2. To move in sudden jerks; lurch.
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If you are from the press – be in MidCity on August 29th and find out how the REAL New Orleans is comemorating this solemn occasion. Don’t be drawn to the shiny and gaudy, be real, get real, report real.
July 26th, 2006 at 7:35 am
Where in MidCity?
August 3rd, 2006 at 5:19 am
The heart of MidCity is Bayou St. John which runs to Lake Ponchartrain located by City Park in and around Esplanade, Orleans, Moss, etc. If you are in the Quarter and you come down Esplanade from the river, you would dead end into a statue of General PGT Beauregard in a circle before the New Orleans Museum of Art. This was one of the earliest settlements as boats made their way from Lake Ponchartrain through the bayou.