Katrina Exhibit at Louisiana Historical Museum

The Louisiana State Museum is in Baton Rouge, I believe. However, there is a small 'branch' in New Orleans.  We had seen that there was an exhibit on Katrina, so we decided to go by and see what it was all about.  We had about 45 minutes to an hour before it was going to close, and there was an exhibit in another building around the corner that was on the structural construction of New Orleans, and that was of more interest to Bruce. This was of more interest to me. So, we split up for this part of the afternoon.  

This was a really pretty well done exhibit. It had one large area that was set up with video monitors and audio stories from different viewpoints of folks affected by Katrina and the aftermath, i.e., hospital personnel, emergency personnel, folks in the Superdome, residents, etc.  There was a lot of really good, touching information. 

I took this one picture of an exhibit because it really affected me on what terror must have begun to feel like to someone who had not evacuated and was still in their home when the flood waters started to rise.  This is a picture taken from inside the house, looking at the front door. You can see through the glass side window the level of the water outside of the door.  The water is starting to flood in the side of closed door and from underneath the door.  I cannot even imagine the feeling of "Oh my goodness!" that must have been felt (putting it mildly).

This definitely changes the subject from Katrina, but on a lightpole just outside the museum was hanging a string of beads.  I wanted, but never got, a good picture of a "bead tree".  These are special trees that only grow in New Orleans.  We saw the majority of these bead trees along St. Charles Avenue while we were in New Orleans. You see, bead trees are trees that have strands and strands of Mardi Gras and Carnival beads hanging from them, leftover from the float parades to celebrate the month to two-month long event. They are pretty funny.