Tiffany B. Brown

a mish-mosh of stuff

Posts tagged: hurricane katrina

On the new New Orleans
Black Men of Labor Second Line 2010 by offbeatmagazine. Found on Flickr Soon, this area will be flat as a prairie. Everything that once was Lower Mid-City is being dismantled, including the streets, lampposts, curbs, electric lines, and sidewalks. On a day in early November, empty lots tramped by heavy machinery surrounded remaining homes. Although [...] [7 Dec 2010]
On life post-Katrina
I know not everyone feels they are better off since the storm, but I do. Now I can barely recall the restless and unfulfilled person I used to be. Five years ago I spent my time obsessing about my career and ambitions, now I spend it enjoying my family and friends via backyard BBQs, music [...] [28 Aug 2010]
On Haiti, Part 3 and Post-Katrina New Orleans, Part 1
Regarding the U. S. Marines’ presence is Haiti, holding M-16s, no less: Here is — they had no business being there. Sure, if there’s some way where you have an army of bandits, which we haven’t seen, on any mass scale going and attacking, maybe you might bring in some guys like that. But right [...] [21 Jan 2010]