direcNIC.com ... Katrina Aftermath – Smoke in Every Direction

Pictures taken on September 6, 2005.

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 additional details about our struggle to operate our business in New Orleans during the Hurricane Katrina aftermath.

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This morning when I woke up I could smell smoke in the air. I figured that there would be at least one big fire somewhere. Since our freight elevator was out I had to climb from the 10^th floor to the 28^th floor to the roof to survey the area. From the roof I noticed that there were in fact 2 major fires and additional smoke coming from a couple other areas.

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Fir to the South of our building on Poydras Street. This major fire appears to be in a residential neighborhood.
One of the big Navy ships which was docked at this location yesterday. That is the GNO bridge in the background.
		View of Camp Street. The large red brick building in the center of the picture is the Contemporary Arts Center.
	Poydras Street near the Super Dome is still flooded.	The ugly short building visible to the right of the Bell South building is City Hall. There is no longer flooding in front of City Hall. This means that the City officials can now reach City Hall without needing a high water vehicle. Unfortunately the basement at City Hall is still flooded.
		Fire to the north of our building at 650 Poydras Street.
	Top of Pan American Life Building.
	Our GPS antenna.	Pool on top of Le Pavillon Hotel.
	Some vehicles that were completely submerged are now visible.

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