Tom, this is phenomenal photography and journalism. Thank you. No, I didn't send it to you. "It is never too late to stop believing." And I noticed a certain kind of "Christian fear" behind all of this, however. I am BCCing this reply to scores of people, and you should send it to Forteana. Everybody should look at this, whether you've ever been to New Orleans or not. It is "before" and "after" type stuff. No, I have never seen the Quarter this deserted before either. Despite all the boarding up of windows, etc., these are magnificent photos to have been preserved of this historic and beautiful city. What a tragedy! It is far worse today than when this slide show ended, with the "Welcome To Texas" highway sign. Viewing all of this can take an hour or more, as there are 197 photos with captions, which you can pause if you like. Everybody, just pour yourself a glass of wine and sit back and "try" to relax. Now that we know what eventually occurred, this slide show is suspenseful, to say the least. I myself have seen all of these streets and buildings many times. "I saw the city changing ... " "Well, Venice meet New Orleans ... Canal Street was finally living up to its name." Mesmerizing! I hope that George W and Laura have time to look at this. I am CCing this message to the White House, FWIW. Nothing probably. R. >http://www.kodakgallery.com/Slideshow.jsp?mode=fromshare&Uc=14ewb3ap.b147fdut&Uy=nyvoby&Ux=1 > >thanks to whomever sent this to me (Rob?) >-- > /t > >http://ax.to ... extreme NY arts and music calendar -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Rob Solarion Northeast Texas PLANET X NIBIRU : SLOW-MOTION DOOMSDAY (2004) http://www.slowmotiondoomsday.com/cosmictree.html http://www.authorhouse.com/BookStore/ItemDetail.aspx?bookid=19745 Crossover Dreamtime Is Coming Again! Where Will You Be? APOLLONIUS OF TYANA & THE SHROUD OF TURIN (2005) http://www.apollonius.net/turinshroud.html http://www.authorhouse.com/BookStore/ItemDetail~bookid~28648.aspx "The dice of God always fall in the right way." Zenobius Sophistos "And they do not know the future mystery, or understand ancient matters. And they do not know what is going to happen to them. And they will not save their souls from the future mystery." The Dead Sea Scrolls, Prophecy Of The Essenes ______________________________________________________________________________ .