Sunday, September 02, 2012

Open and closed

On Thursday afternoon we emerged from the hunker bunker eager to ignore the Mayor's admonitions against putting our own "boots on the ground" and check out the damage in the area. There were downed trees

Tree debris

The wind pulled the siding off of some of the buildings and ripped up overhead cables.

Torn siding

It even pulled these bricks off the side of a building at St. Charles and St. Mary streets.

Brick damage

Bricks

Mostly what was evident in our neighborhood, though, was lots and lots of downed foliage mixed with Mardi Gras beads.

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I've said this before but Hurricane Season is kind of a mirror version of Carnival. National media focus on but largely misunderstand what's happening in New Orleans while locals cluster in groups to overindulge in unhealthy food and liquor while ritualistically named entities parade through town spreading debris everywhere.

On Thursday we found an exceedingly unhealthy, but at least hot, meal at Fat Harry's on St. Charles Avenue.

Fat Harry's last supper

The bar was the first place we found with enough power to offer something close to a full menu and run the televisions. It was the happiest post-storm memory associated with Fat Harry's since "Day 59"

And then this happened.

A Sunday morning fire gutted the bar area of Fat Harry’s, but the owner of the beloved gathering spot on St. Charles Avenue was already promising to rebuild before firefighters had even left the scene.

Maybe Kermit will play the re-re-opening. 


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