Rescue workers spray-painted the following on the brick wall: "10-4 #425 1 DOG DOA BATHROOM".
This house is unsalvageable. The entire building is bent and warped.
Cars were pushed around by the floodwaters and ended up in unlikely places. Most of these have been towed away, but there are still some ruined cars that should be removed. The impound lots in New Orleans are full, and the city is storing flooded cars under the elevated freeways.
Not only have the slabs under these homes tilted, but they have moved laterally. The house on the left slid into a tree - see how the roof wraps around the trunk?
The sign says, "WE TEAR DOWN HOUSES".
Someone left an empty bottle of champagne on a concrete wall of a ruined home. I can only imagine what happened here. Did the owners come back and find the unopened bottle and decide to drink it? Did they salvage something valuable and decide to celebrate? Was drinking the bottle an act of defiance against nature? Was someone so upset that he decided to get drunk?
The same house with the bottle of champagne had these drawings (paintings?) on the wall, made from mud. I don't know what to make of this - it's the strangest thing I saw during my stay in New Orleans.
