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direcNIC.com
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Pictures taken on This is Sigmund Solares, I am the CEO of Intercosmos Media Group,
Inc., the operators of directNIC.com in Downtown New Orleans. For the past
week we have continued to operate our data center while just about everyone
else has left. See http://www.livejournal.com/users/interdictor/
for details about our struggle to operate our business in Other pictures are available at: http://sigmund.biz/kat20050901 http://sigmund.biz/kat20050901b http://sigmund.biz/kat20050901c http://sigmund.biz/k0200509012 http://sigmund.biz/ http://sigmund.biz/0903/index.html http://sigmund.biz/0904/index.html Disclaimer: Most of these pictures are displayed almost exactly as
they came from the camera, no time or ability to have them color corrected,
no time to rotate all the pictures, sorry the goal is to just get them out as
fast as possible to disseminate information. A very few of the pictures have
comments due to time constraints. Pictures taken on Sunday, September 4th differ from
those of the prior days due to the focus on Stench, Stragglers, and Stagnant Water.
By Sunday the stench was overwhelming in many places. STENCH: I was with someone who kept saying… “Sig you have a
strong stomach” as he blocked his nose to try to kill the smell. The
stench was worst where people were concentrated. The Dome, the Convention
Center, the STRAGGLERS: The majority of the residents had left the city already,
however, there is still a significant group of stragglers and I have posted
pictures of stragglers many of who just do not want to be evacuated. Some of
the stragglers just do not want to leave in the busses. So they are waiting
for friends to come pick them up. So if you know someone stuck in the city
they might be hoping that you call them. Many are getting cell phone service
back. So now you can call them. Some people who stayed behind are trying to
start their businesses back up. The bar Johnny White’s in the French
Quarter was opened for business. Some stragglers include individuals who felt
they would be safer staying holed up in their own location (flooded or not)
rather than venture to the Dome or Convention Center area. Some stragglers
will not leave. Reasons that they will not leave include fear that they
cannot bring all their belongings and fear that they will not get to have a
choice in where they will be sent. I did hear that individuals have some
choice in where they are being evacuated from one high ranking official.
However, I do not have any confirmation on this. STAGNANT WATER: The sitting water has a layer of sludge on top which is
getting thicker each day. The water smells bad. The water level is
decreasing. However, it is still bad. Much of the area around the Dome and
City Hall require a high water vehicle to drive through. |
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St. Patrick’s Cathedral. |
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Sign displaying tourist attractions… |
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View from our parking garage. |
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