rise, n'awlins, rise!

about a week ago, i wrote about the reason why i am not going to new orleans this year. it has become quite a yearly tradition for me to go to n'awlins (the way locals want to pronounce new orleans), and at first i felt sad that for the first time since 1999, i won't be able to visit this mysterious city. (watch 'the skeleton key' to get a feel of this city's 'mystery').

then came katrina. and she unleashed her fury. and today, this piece of news saying that new orleans needs to be re-evacuated, according to the governor of louisiana.

this reuters photo shows the 10 freeway leading to the french quarter, almost everything in sight submerged in water.