Braithwaite, Louisiana

Katrina rebuild trip reflection

Driving into Braithwaite, Louisiana took me back to some very sad and dark spaces.

Hurricane Isaac had been here.

The houses were devastated. The smell was familiar. The brown grass overtook colors of the past. The streets were piled high with personal belongings and there was still more mucking and gutting to do. Many of us had done this before. I had do…