Year Zero
1718
New Orleans becomes a settlement on the banks of the Mississippi River. The founder is Jean Baptiste Le Moyne de Bienville.
August 28, 2005
Gulf Coast Residents are given formal notice about a potentially fatal storm that is headed directly for the city of New Orleans. Residents are encouraged to evacuate the city with one day's notice. As the evacuation begins, thousands of residents begin to make their way to the New Orleans Superdome for shelter. Thousands more remain in their homes.
August 29, 2005
Hurricane Katrina approaches the shores of Lake Pontchartrain, and breeches levees in several parts of the city. The deluge from these levees destroys the entire city, and submerges the city in nearly twelve feet of water. Everything is ruined. The Superdome suffers roof damage, and is plunged in darkness with no electricity.
August 30, 2005
The murky waters stand, and the levees are still broken. Trapped Residents begin to surface on rooftops, bridges, and homes.
August 30- September 21, 2005
FEMA and Red Cross become majorly involved with the clean-up and rescue efforts in the city of New Orleans. Buses arrive to transport trapped residents across the country. The Superdome regains electricity and becomes a Red Cross Shelter. Residents are still not allowed to return to the city.
September 22, 2005
Hurricane Rita makes landfall and the levees are breached again.
In 2005, the city of New Orleans died. Ruins. Crumbling structures. Lone animals wandering, on the move to somewhere else. A big empty sky, and a cleared earth.
Year Zero.
New Orleans becomes a settlement on the banks of the Mississippi River. The founder is Jean Baptiste Le Moyne de Bienville.
Gulf Coast Residents are given formal notice about a potentially fatal storm that is headed directly for the city of New Orleans. Residents are encouraged to evacuate the city with one day's notice. As the evacuation begins, thousands of residents begin to make their way to the New Orleans Superdome for shelter. Thousands more remain in their homes.
August 29, 2005
Hurricane Katrina approaches the shores of Lake Pontchartrain, and breeches levees in several parts of the city. The deluge from these levees destroys the entire city, and submerges the city in nearly twelve feet of water. Everything is ruined. The Superdome suffers roof damage, and is plunged in darkness with no electricity.
August 30, 2005
The murky waters stand, and the levees are still broken. Trapped Residents begin to surface on rooftops, bridges, and homes.
August 30- September 21, 2005
FEMA and Red Cross become majorly involved with the clean-up and rescue efforts in the city of New Orleans. Buses arrive to transport trapped residents across the country. The Superdome regains electricity and becomes a Red Cross Shelter. Residents are still not allowed to return to the city.
September 22, 2005
Hurricane Rita makes landfall and the levees are breached again.
In 2005, the city of New Orleans died. Ruins. Crumbling structures. Lone animals wandering, on the move to somewhere else. A big empty sky, and a cleared earth.
Year Zero.
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