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  • 23 August 2013. Braithwaite, Louisiana.<br />
Hurricane Isaac 1 year later. <br />
The eerie remains of Woodlawn School. The crumbling classic art deco school was heavily damaged by the storm and remains full of debris. <br />
Photo; Charlie Varley
    23aug13-Braithwaite034.JPG
  • 23 August 2013. Braithwaite, Louisiana.<br />
Hurricane Isaac 1 year later. <br />
The eerie remains of Woodlawn School. The crumbling classic art deco school was heavily damaged by the storm and remains full of debris. <br />
Photo; Charlie Varley
    23aug13-Braithwaite032.JPG
  • 23 August 2013. Braithwaite, Louisiana.<br />
Hurricane Isaac 1 year later. <br />
The predominantly white upper middle class neighborhood of Braithwaite Park, established in 1936 remains eerie and abandoned as residents failed to return following the flooding and subsequent chemical spill from nearby Stolthaven chemical storage facility.  Insurance companies have often refused to pay residents the full value on their policies and many are now in litigation. Many houses once valued at well over $250,000 are rapidly falling into disrepair and blight. Properties are as abandoned as former residents feel, complaining that  Plaquemines Parish, the State and Federal government has done little to nothing to help them fight for their rights.  <br />
Photo; Charlie Varley
    23aug13-Braithwaite041.JPG
  • 23 August 2013. Braithwaite, Louisiana.<br />
Hurricane Isaac 1 year later. Braithwaite Cemetery. <br />
DMORT (Disaster Mortuary Operational Response Teams) tombs provided by FEMA (Federal Emergency Management Agency) continue to await re-entombing.<br />
Photo; Charlie Varley
    23aug13-Braithwaite025.JPG
  • 23 August 2013. Braithwaite, Louisiana.<br />
Hurricane Isaac 1 year later. <br />
The predominantly white upper middle class neighborhood of Braithwaite Park, established in 1936 remains eerie and abandoned as residents failed to return following the flooding and subsequent chemical spill from nearby Stolthaven chemical storage facility.  Insurance companies have often refused to pay residents the full value on their policies and many are now in litigation. Many houses once valued at well over $250,000 are rapidly falling into disrepair and blight. Properties are as abandoned as former residents feel, complaining that  Plaquemines Parish, the State and Federal government has done little to nothing to help them fight for their rights.  <br />
Photo; Charlie Varley
    23aug13-Braithwaite018.JPG
  • 23 August 2013. Braithwaite, Louisiana.<br />
Hurricane Isaac 1 year later. <br />
The predominantly white upper middle class neighborhood of Braithwaite Park, established in 1936 remains eerie and abandoned as residents failed to return following the flooding and subsequent chemical spill from nearby Stolthaven chemical storage facility.  Insurance companies have often refused to pay residents the full value on their policies and many are now in litigation. Many houses once valued at well over $250,000 are rapidly falling into disrepair and blight. Properties are as abandoned as former residents feel, complaining that  Plaquemines Parish, the State and Federal government has done little to nothing to help them fight for their rights.  <br />
Photo; Charlie Varley
    23aug13-Braithwaite016.JPG
  • 23 August 2013. Braithwaite, Louisiana.<br />
Hurricane Isaac 1 year later. <br />
The predominantly white upper middle class neighborhood of Braithwaite Park, established in 1936 remains eerie and abandoned as residents failed to return following the flooding and subsequent chemical spill from nearby Stolthaven chemical storage facility.  Insurance companies have often refused to pay residents the full value on their policies and many are now in litigation. Many houses once valued at well over $250,000 are rapidly falling into disrepair and blight. Properties are as abandoned as former residents feel, complaining that  Plaquemines Parish, the State and Federal government has done little to nothing to help them fight for their rights.  <br />
Photo; Charlie Varley
    23aug13-Braithwaite010.JPG
  • 23 August 2013. Braithwaite, Louisiana.<br />
Hurricane Isaac 1 year later. <br />
The predominantly white upper middle class neighborhood of Braithwaite Park, established in 1936 remains eerie and abandoned as residents failed to return following the flooding and subsequent chemical spill from nearby Stolthaven chemical storage facility.  Insurance companies have often refused to pay residents the full value on their policies and many are now in litigation. Many houses once valued at well over $250,000 are rapidly falling into disrepair and blight. Properties are as abandoned as former residents feel, complaining that  Plaquemines Parish, the State and Federal government has done little to nothing to help them fight for their rights.  <br />
Photo; Charlie Varley
    23aug13-Braithwaite007.JPG
  • 23 August 2013. Braithwaite, Louisiana.<br />
Hurricane Isaac 1 year later. <br />
The predominantly white upper middle class neighborhood of Braithwaite Park, established in 1936 remains eerie and abandoned as residents failed to return following the flooding and subsequent chemical spill from nearby Stolthaven chemical storage facility.  Insurance companies have often refused to pay residents the full value on their policies and many are now in litigation. Many houses once valued at well over $250,000 are rapidly falling into disrepair and blight. Properties are as abandoned as former residents feel, complaining that  Plaquemines Parish, the State and Federal government has done little to nothing to help them fight for their rights.  <br />
Photo; Charlie Varley
    23aug13-Braithwaite004.JPG
  • 29 August 2014. Lower 9th Ward, New Orleans, Louisiana.<br />
Hurricane Katrina memorial 9 years later. <br />
Newsmen L/R; John Snell, Gerald Herbert and Tyrone Turner. <br />
Photo; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
    29aug14-Katrina memorial029.JPG
  • 28 August 2014. Braithwaite, Louisiana.<br />
Hurricane Isaac 2 years later. <br />
Storms don't discriminate. The once predominantly white middle class neighborhood of Braithwaite Park, established in 1936 remains eerie and abandoned as residents failed to return following the flooding and subsequent chemical spill from nearby Stolthaven chemical storage facility.  Insurance companies have often refused to pay residents the full value on their policies and many are now in litigation. Houses once valued at well over $250,000 are rapidly falling into disrepair and blight. Hurricane Isaac struck on August 29th 2012.<br />
Photo; Charlie Varley
    28aug14-Braithwaite038.JPG
  • 28 August 2014. Braithwaite, Louisiana.<br />
Hurricane Isaac 2 years later. <br />
Storms don't discriminate. The once predominantly white middle class neighborhood of Braithwaite Park, established in 1936 remains eerie and abandoned as residents failed to return following the flooding and subsequent chemical spill from nearby Stolthaven chemical storage facility.  Insurance companies have often refused to pay residents the full value on their policies and many are now in litigation. Houses once valued at well over $250,000 are rapidly falling into disrepair and blight. Hurricane Isaac struck on August 29th 2012.<br />
Photo; Charlie Varley
    28aug14-Braithwaite020.JPG
  • 28 August 2014. Braithwaite, Louisiana.<br />
Hurricane Isaac 2 years later. <br />
Storms don't discriminate. The once predominantly white middle class neighborhood of Braithwaite Park, established in 1936 remains eerie and abandoned as residents failed to return following the flooding and subsequent chemical spill from nearby Stolthaven chemical storage facility.  Insurance companies have often refused to pay residents the full value on their policies and many are now in litigation. Houses once valued at well over $250,000 are rapidly falling into disrepair and blight. Hurricane Isaac struck on August 29th 2012.<br />
Photo; Charlie Varley
    28aug14-Braithwaite007.JPG
  • 28 August 2014. Braithwaite, Louisiana.<br />
Hurricane Isaac 2 years later. <br />
Storms don't discriminate. The once predominantly white middle class neighborhood of Braithwaite Park, established in 1936 remains eerie and abandoned as residents failed to return following the flooding and subsequent chemical spill from nearby Stolthaven chemical storage facility.  Insurance companies have often refused to pay residents the full value on their policies and many are now in litigation. Houses once valued at well over $250,000 are rapidly falling into disrepair and blight. Hurricane Isaac struck on August 29th 2012.<br />
Photo; Charlie Varley
    28aug14-Braithwaite005.JPG
  • 28 August 2014. Braithwaite, Louisiana.<br />
Hurricane Isaac 2 years later. <br />
Storms don't discriminate. The once predominantly white middle class neighborhood of Braithwaite Park, established in 1936 remains eerie and abandoned as residents failed to return following the flooding and subsequent chemical spill from nearby Stolthaven chemical storage facility.  Insurance companies have often refused to pay residents the full value on their policies and many are now in litigation. Houses once valued at well over $250,000 are rapidly falling into disrepair and blight. Hurricane Isaac struck on August 29th 2012.<br />
Photo; Charlie Varley
    28aug14-Braithwaite004.JPG
  • 27 August 2014. Lower 9th Ward, New Orleans, Louisiana.<br />
Hurricane Katrina 9 years later. Disciples of Christ Christian Fellowship led by Pastor Darrell Turner arrive at a derelict church they have just closed on. Bringing hope to the neighborhood still struggling to recover from hurricane Katrina, Pastor Turner hopes to have the renovations completed within a year, ready for the 10th anniversary of the storm. <br />
Photo; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
    27aug14-New Orleans031.JPG
  • 27 August 2014. Lower 9th Ward, New Orleans, Louisiana.<br />
Hurricane Katrina 9 years later. An escape ladder to the attic remains in one of the many derelict, falling down buildings dotting the landscape as the area continues to struggle with recovery from Hurricane Katrina.<br />
Photo; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
    27aug14-New Orleans043.JPG
  • 27 August 2014. Lower 9th Ward, New Orleans, Louisiana.<br />
Hurricane Katrina 9 years later. Land for sale. Newly built homes for sale show signs of slow  progress as the area struggles to recover from Hurricane Katrina.<br />
Photo; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
    27aug14-New Orleans039.JPG
  • 27 August 2014. Lower 9th Ward, New Orleans, Louisiana.<br />
Hurricane Katrina 9 years later. Core Construction brings hope to the largely derelict lower 9th ward as they build the $35 million Dr Martin Luther King Jr Charter High School. The area continues to struggle to recover from Hurricane Katrina.<br />
Photo; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
    27aug14-New Orleans038.JPG
  • 27 August 2014. Lower 9th Ward, New Orleans, Louisiana.<br />
Hurricane Katrina 9 years later. Many derelict, falling down buildings dot the landscape as the area continues to struggle with recovery from Hurricane Katrina. The universal code spray painted outside the front door by search and rescue teams remains as it was almost 9 years ago. The building was searched by NOPD with 0 victims discovered inside.<br />
Photo; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
    27aug14-New Orleans047.JPG
  • 27 August 2014. Lower 9th Ward, New Orleans, Louisiana.<br />
Hurricane Katrina 9 years later. A toilet remains in one of the many derelict, falling down buildings dotting the landscape as the area continues to struggle with recovery from Hurricane Katrina.<br />
Photo; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
    27aug14-New Orleans045.JPG
  • 27 August 2014. Lower 9th Ward, New Orleans, Louisiana.<br />
Hurricane Katrina 9 years later. Keisha Cotlon peers from the window of the first grocery store set to return to the Lower 9th Ward.  The building is being renovated and will be officially opened on September 9th as the area struggles to recover from Hurricane Katrina.<br />
Photo; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
    27aug14-New Orleans019.JPG
  • 27 August 2014. Lower 9th Ward, New Orleans, Louisiana.<br />
Hurricane Katrina 9 years later. One of the many derelict, falling down buildings dotting the landscape as the area continues to struggle with recovery from Hurricane Katrina.<br />
Photo; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
    27aug14-New Orleans037.JPG
  • 29 August 2013. Lower 9th Ward, New Orleans, Louisiana.<br />
Hurricane Katrina memorial 8 years later. <br />
Mardi Gras Indian Vernon Freeman of the Comanche Hunters helps to celebrate the lives of those lost to Katrina in an event funded by Brad Pitt's 'Make it Right' Foundation.  <br />
Photo; Charlie Varley
    29aug05-katrina memorial027.JPG
  • 29 August 2013. Lower 9th Ward, New Orleans, Louisiana.<br />
Hurricane Katrina memorial 8 years later. <br />
Robert Green, activist and survivor of Hurricane Katrina holds a wreath and wears a t-shirt in memory of his mother and grand daughter who perished in the storm. Every year on the anniversary, Mr Green posts a wreath to the tree near where his loved ones succumbed to the storm.<br />
Photo; Charlie Varley
    29aug05-katrina memorial025.JPG
  • 29 August 2013. Lower 9th Ward, New Orleans, Louisiana.<br />
Hurricane Katrina memorial 8 years later. <br />
Mardi Gras Indians L/R; Vernon Freeman, Charlie Tenner Jr and Michael Tenner (9 yrs) of the Comanche Hunters help to celebrate the lives of those lost to Katrina in an event funded by Brad Pitt's 'Make it Right' Foundation.  <br />
Photo; Charlie Varley
    29aug05-katrina memorial021.JPG
  • 29 August 2013. Lower 9th Ward, New Orleans, Louisiana.<br />
Hurricane Katrina memorial 8 years later. <br />
Robert Green, activist and survivor of Hurricane Katrina holds a wreath and wears a t-shirt in memory of his mother and grand daughter who perished in the storm. Every year on the anniversary, Mr Green posts a wreath to the tree near where his loved ones succumbed to the storm.<br />
Photo; Charlie Varley
    29aug05-katrina memorial020.JPG
  • 29 August 2013. Lower 9th Ward, New Orleans, Louisiana.<br />
Hurricane Katrina memorial 8 years later. <br />
Local residents gather at the levee in the Lower 9th ward to remember those who perished in the storm 8 years ago.<br />
Photo; Charlie Varley
    29aug05-katrina memorial016.JPG
  • 29 August 2013. Lower 9th Ward, New Orleans, Louisiana.<br />
Hurricane Katrina memorial 8 years later. <br />
Children from the McDonogh 35 High School band play at the official memorial in remembrance of the day Hirricane Katrina swamped the community.<br />
Photo; Charlie Varley
    29aug05-katrina memorial011.JPG
  • 29 August 2013. Lower 9th Ward, New Orleans, Louisiana.<br />
Hurricane Katrina memorial 8 years later. <br />
Local residents gather at the levee in the Lower 9th ward to remember those who perished in the storm 8 years ago.<br />
Photo; Charlie Varley
    29aug05-katrina memorial005.JPG
  • 29 August 2013. Lower 9th Ward, New Orleans, Louisiana.<br />
Hurricane Katrina memorial 8 years later. <br />
Children from the McDonogh 35 High School band play at the official memorial in remembrance of the day Hirricane Katrina swamped the community.<br />
Photo; Charlie Varley
    29aug05-katrina memorial009.JPG
  • 29 August 2013. Lower 9th Ward, New Orleans, Louisiana.<br />
Hurricane Katrina memorial 8 years later. <br />
K-John Napoleon is held by his mother as local residents gather at the levee in the Lower 9th ward to remember those who perished in the storm 8 years ago.<br />
Photo; Charlie Varley
    29aug05-katrina memorial004.JPG
  • 29 August 2013. Lower 9th Ward, New Orleans, Louisiana.<br />
Hurricane Katrina memorial 8 years later. <br />
Unfurling the names honoring those who perished when hurricane Katrina swept ashore.<br />
Photo; Charlie Varley
    29aug05-katrina memorial003.JPG
  • 29 August 2013. Lower 9th Ward, New Orleans, Louisiana.<br />
Hurricane Katrina memorial 8 years later. <br />
Residents rest on their cars at the official memorial in remembrance of the day Hirricane Katrina swamped the community.<br />
Photo; Charlie Varley
    29aug05-katrina memorial002.JPG
  • 23 August 2013. Braithwaite, Louisiana.<br />
Hurricane Isaac 1 year later. <br />
The predominantly white upper middle class neighborhood of Braithwaite Park, established in 1936 remains eerie and abandoned as residents failed to return following the flooding and subsequent chemical spill from nearby Stolthaven chemical storage facility.  Insurance companies have often refused to pay residents the full value on their policies and many are now in litigation. Many houses once valued at well over $250,000 are rapidly falling into disrepair and blight. Properties are as abandoned as former residents feel, complaining that  Plaquemines Parish, the State and Federal government has done little to nothing to help them fight for their rights.  <br />
Photo; Charlie Varley
    23aug13-Braithwaite012.JPG
  • 23 August 2013. Braithwaite, Louisiana.<br />
Hurricane Isaac 1 year later. <br />
The predominantly white upper middle class neighborhood of Braithwaite Park, established in 1936 remains eerie and abandoned as residents failed to return following the flooding and subsequent chemical spill from nearby Stolthaven chemical storage facility.  Insurance companies have often refused to pay residents the full value on their policies and many are now in litigation. Many houses once valued at well over $250,000 are rapidly falling into disrepair and blight. Properties are as abandoned as former residents feel, complaining that  Plaquemines Parish, the State and Federal government has done little to nothing to help them fight for their rights.  <br />
Photo; Charlie Varley
    23aug13-Braithwaite007.JPG
  • 23 August 2013. Braithwaite, Louisiana.<br />
Hurricane Isaac 1 year later. <br />
The predominantly white upper middle class neighborhood of Braithwaite Park, established in 1936 remains eerie and abandoned as residents failed to return following the flooding and subsequent chemical spill from nearby Stolthaven chemical storage facility.  Insurance companies have often refused to pay residents the full value on their policies and many are now in litigation. Many houses once valued at well over $250,000 are rapidly falling into disrepair and blight. Properties are as abandoned as former residents feel, complaining that  Plaquemines Parish, the State and Federal government has done little to nothing to help them fight for their rights.  <br />
Photo; Charlie Varley
    23aug13-Braithwaite004.JPG
  • 23 August 2013. Lower 9th Ward, New Orleans, Louisiana.<br />
Katrina 8 years later. In a tale of two cities, the hardest hit neighbourhoods struggle to revitalize and return. Brad Pitt's 'Make it Right Foundation' enjoys limited success with ecologically sustainable housing rebuilds in a handful of city blocks. A few residents have also rebuilt their properties. Yet many half finished or blighted properties and vacant overgrown lots remain dotted throughout the landscape with limited new construction projects. Residents who have returned complain of limited services, infrequent police patrols, high crime rates, rampant mosquitos and uncontrolled vermin. <br />
Photo; Charlie Varley
    23aug13-Lower9 ward072.JPG
  • 23 August 2013. Lower 9th Ward, New Orleans, Louisiana.<br />
Katrina 8 years later. In a tale of two cities, the hardest hit neighbourhoods struggle to revitalize and return. Brad Pitt's 'Make it Right Foundation' enjoys limited success with ecologically sustainable housing rebuilds in a handful of city blocks. A few residents have also rebuilt their properties. Yet many half finished or blighted properties and vacant overgrown lots remain dotted throughout the landscape with limited new construction projects. Residents who have returned complain of limited services, infrequent police patrols, high crime rates, rampant mosquitos and uncontrolled vermin. <br />
Photo; Charlie Varley
    23aug13-Lower9 ward068.JPG
  • 23 August 2013. Lower 9th Ward, New Orleans, Louisiana.<br />
Katrina 8 years later. House of prayer. In a tale of two cities, the hardest hit neighbourhoods struggle to revitalize and return. Many half finished or blighted properties and vacant overgrown lots remain dotted throughout the landscape with limited new construction projects. Residents who have returned complain of limited services, infrequent police patrols, high crime rates, rampant mosquitos and uncontrolled vermin. <br />
Photo; Charlie Varley
    23aug13-Lower9 ward063.JPG
  • 23 August 2013. Lower 9th Ward, New Orleans, Louisiana.<br />
Katrina 8 years later. What would appear to be an overgrown rural road. In a tale of two cities, the hardest hit neighbourhoods struggle to revitalize and return. Many half finished or blighted properties and vacant overgrown lots remain dotted throughout the landscape with limited new construction projects. Residents who have returned complain of limited services, infrequent police patrols, high crime rates, rampant mosquitos and uncontrolled vermin. <br />
Photo; Charlie Varley
    23aug13-Lower9 ward061.JPG
  • 23 August 2013. Lower 9th Ward, New Orleans, Louisiana.<br />
Katrina 8 years later. In a tale of two cities, the hardest hit neighbourhoods struggle to revitalize and return. Brad Pitt's 'Make it Right Foundation' enjoys limited success with ecologically sustainable housing rebuilds in a handful of city blocks. A few residents have also rebuilt their properties. Yet many half finished or blighted properties and vacant overgrown lots remain dotted throughout the landscape with limited new construction projects. Residents who have returned complain of limited services, infrequent police patrols, high crime rates, rampant mosquitos and uncontrolled vermin. <br />
Photo; Charlie Varley
    23aug13-lower9 ward034.JPG
  • 23 August 2013. Lower 9th Ward, New Orleans, Louisiana.<br />
Katrina 8 years later. What would appear to be an overgrown rural road. In a tale of two cities, the hardest hit neighbourhoods struggle to revitalize and return. Many half finished or blighted properties and vacant overgrown lots remain dotted throughout the landscape with limited new construction projects. Residents who have returned complain of limited services, infrequent police patrols, high crime rates, rampant mosquitos and uncontrolled vermin. <br />
Photo; Charlie Varley
    23aug13-Lower9 ward060.JPG
  • 23 August 2013. Lower 9th Ward, New Orleans, Louisiana.<br />
Katrina 8 years later. In a tale of two cities, the hardest hit neighbourhoods struggle to revitalize and return. Many half finished or blighted properties and vacant overgrown lots remain dotted throughout the landscape with limited new construction projects. Residents who have returned complain of limited services, infrequent police patrols, high crime rates, rampant mosquitos and uncontrolled vermin. <br />
Photo; Charlie Varley
    23aug13-lower9 ward014.JPG
  • 23 August 2013. Lower 9th Ward, New Orleans, Louisiana.<br />
Katrina 8 years later. In a tale of two cities, the hardest hit neighbourhoods struggle to revitalize and return. R/L; Josh Gillikin and David Rosa, contractors working for Brimmer Construction Services begin the extensive process of rebuilding a formerly derelict house. Many half finished or blighted properties and vacant overgrown lots remain dotted throughout the landscape. Residents who have returned complain of limited services, infrequent police patrols, high crime rates, rampant mosquitos and uncontrolled vermin. <br />
Photo; Charlie Varley
    23aug13-lower9 ward046.JPG
  • 23 August 2013. Lower 9th Ward, New Orleans, Louisiana.<br />
Katrina 8 years later. In a tale of two cities, the hardest hit neighbourhoods struggle to revitalize and return. Many half finished or blighted properties and vacant overgrown lots remain dotted throughout the landscape with limited new construction projects. Residents who have returned complain of limited services, infrequent police patrols, high crime rates, rampant mosquitos and uncontrolled vermin. <br />
Photo; Charlie Varley
    23aug13-lower9 ward010.JPG
  • 23 August 2013. Lower 9th Ward, New Orleans, Louisiana.<br />
Katrina 8 years later. In a tale of two cities, the hardest hit neighbourhoods struggle to revitalize and return. Brad Pitt's 'Make it Right Foundation' enjoys limited success with ecologically sustainable housing rebuilds in a handful of city blocks. A few residents have also rebuilt their properties. Yet many half finished or blighted properties and vacant overgrown lots remain dotted throughout the landscape with limited new construction projects. Residents who have returned complain of limited services, infrequent police patrols, high crime rates, rampant mosquitos and uncontrolled vermin. <br />
Photo; Charlie Varley
    23aug13-Lower9 ward053.JPG
  • 23 August 2013. Braithwaite, Louisiana.<br />
Hurricane Isaac 1 year later. <br />
The eerie remains of Woodlawn School. The crumbling classic art deco school was heavily damaged by the storm and remains full of debris. <br />
Photo; Charlie Varley
    23aug13-Braithwaite047.JPG
  • 23 August 2013. Braithwaite, Louisiana.<br />
Hurricane Isaac 1 year later. <br />
A rural building is rebuilt to new flood elevation levels. It will be impossible to get flood insurance in future unless a homeowner's property is elevated to new specifications.<br />
Photo; Charlie Varley
    23aug13-Braithwaite046.JPG
  • 23 August 2013. Braithwaite, Louisiana.<br />
Hurricane Isaac 1 year later. Braithwaite Cemetery. <br />
DMORT (Disaster Mortuary Operational Response Teams) tombs provided by FEMA (Federal Emergency Management Agency) continue to await re-entombing.<br />
Photo; Charlie Varley
    23aug13-Braithwaite045.JPG
  • 23 August 2013. Braithwaite, Louisiana.<br />
Hurricane Isaac 1 year later. Braithwaite Cemetery. <br />
DMORT (Disaster Mortuary Operational Response Teams) tombs provided by FEMA (Federal Emergency Management Agency) continue to await re-entombing.<br />
Photo; Charlie Varley
    23aug13-Braithwaite036.JPG
  • 23 August 2013. Braithwaite, Louisiana.<br />
Hurricane Isaac 1 year later. Braithwaite Cemetery. <br />
DMORT (Disaster Mortuary Operational Response Teams) tombs provided by FEMA (Federal Emergency Management Agency) continue to await re-entombing.<br />
Photo; Charlie Varley
    23aug13-Braithwaite035.JPG
  • 23 August 2013. Braithwaite, Louisiana.<br />
Hurricane Isaac 1 year later. <br />
The eerie remains of Woodlawn School. The crumbling classic art deco school was heavily damaged by the storm and remains full of debris. <br />
Photo; Charlie Varley
    23aug13-Braithwaite033.JPG
  • 23 August 2013. Braithwaite, Louisiana.<br />
Hurricane Isaac 1 year later. <br />
The eerie remains of Woodlawn School. The crumbling classic art deco school was heavily damaged by the storm and remains full of debris. <br />
Photo; Charlie Varley
    23aug13-Braithwaite031.JPG
  • 23 August 2013. Braithwaite, Louisiana.<br />
Hurricane Isaac 1 year later. <br />
The eerie remains of Woodlawn School. The crumbling classic art deco school was heavily damaged by the storm and remains full of debris. <br />
Photo; Charlie Varley
    23aug13-Braithwaite030.JPG
  • 23 August 2013. Braithwaite, Louisiana.<br />
Hurricane Isaac 1 year later. <br />
The eerie remains of Woodlawn School. The crumbling classic art deco school was heavily damaged by the storm and remains full of debris. <br />
Photo; Charlie Varley
    23aug13-Braithwaite028.JPG
  • 23 August 2013. Braithwaite, Louisiana.<br />
Hurricane Isaac 1 year later. <br />
A giant grasshopper is one of the few residents of the the predominantly white upper middle class neighborhood of Braithwaite Park, established in 1936. The neighbourhood remains eerie and abandoned as residents failed to return following the flooding and subsequent chemical spill from nearby Stolthaven chemical storage facility.  Insurance companies have often refused to pay residents the full value on their policies and many are now in litigation. Many houses once valued at well over $250,000 are rapidly falling into disrepair and blight. Properties are as abandoned as former residents feel, complaining that  Plaquemines Parish, the State and Federal government has done little to nothing to help them fight for their rights.  <br />
Photo; Charlie Varley
    23aug13-Braithwaite043.JPG
  • 23 August 2013. Braithwaite, Louisiana.<br />
Hurricane Isaac 1 year later. <br />
An abandoned flood damaged rural building is overgrown and falling into disrepair. <br />
Photo; Charlie Varley
    23aug13-Braithwaite027.JPG
  • 23 August 2013. Braithwaite, Louisiana.<br />
Hurricane Isaac 1 year later. <br />
The predominantly white upper middle class neighborhood of Braithwaite Park, established in 1936 remains eerie and abandoned as residents failed to return following the flooding and subsequent chemical spill from nearby Stolthaven chemical storage facility.  Insurance companies have often refused to pay residents the full value on their policies and many are now in litigation. Many houses once valued at well over $250,000 are rapidly falling into disrepair and blight. Properties are as abandoned as former residents feel, complaining that  Plaquemines Parish, the State and Federal government has done little to nothing to help them fight for their rights.  <br />
Photo; Charlie Varley
    23aug13-Braithwaite040.JPG
  • 23 August 2013. Braithwaite, Louisiana.<br />
Hurricane Isaac 1 year later. <br />
The Ferry Stop, the only local service business operating in Braithwaite a year after the storm. The business remains in limbo with little support from Plaquemines Parish and awaits insurance settlement in order to rebuild its once thriving gas station.<br />
Photo; Charlie Varley
    23aug13-Braithwaite026.JPG
  • 23 August 2013. Braithwaite, Louisiana.<br />
Hurricane Isaac 1 year later. Braithwaite Cemetery. <br />
DMORT (Disaster Mortuary Operational Response Teams) tombs provided by FEMA (Federal Emergency Management Agency) continue to await re-entombing.<br />
Photo; Charlie Varley
    23aug13-Braithwaite024.JPG
  • 23 August 2013. Braithwaite, Louisiana.<br />
Hurricane Isaac 1 year later. <br />
The predominantly white upper middle class neighborhood of Braithwaite Park, established in 1936 remains eerie and abandoned as residents failed to return following the flooding and subsequent chemical spill from nearby Stolthaven chemical storage facility.  Insurance companies have often refused to pay residents the full value on their policies and many are now in litigation. Many houses once valued at well over $250,000 are rapidly falling into disrepair and blight. Properties are as abandoned as former residents feel, complaining that  Plaquemines Parish, the State and Federal government has done little to nothing to help them fight for their rights.  <br />
Photo; Charlie Varley
    23aug13-Braithwaite039.JPG
  • 23 August 2013. Braithwaite, Louisiana.<br />
Hurricane Isaac 1 year later. Braithwaite Cemetery. <br />
DMORT (Disaster Mortuary Operational Response Teams) tombs provided by FEMA (Federal Emergency Management Agency) continue to await re-entombing.<br />
Photo; Charlie Varley
    23aug13-Braithwaite023.JPG
  • 23 August 2013. Braithwaite, Louisiana.<br />
Hurricane Isaac 1 year later. Braithwaite Cemetery. <br />
DMORT (Disaster Mortuary Operational Response Teams) tombs provided by FEMA (Federal Emergency Management Agency) continue to await re-entombing.<br />
Photo; Charlie Varley
    23aug13-Braithwaite022.JPG
  • 23 August 2013. Braithwaite, Louisiana.<br />
Hurricane Isaac 1 year later. <br />
The predominantly white upper middle class neighborhood of Braithwaite Park, established in 1936 remains eerie and abandoned as residents failed to return following the flooding and subsequent chemical spill from nearby Stolthaven chemical storage facility.  Insurance companies have often refused to pay residents the full value on their policies and many are now in litigation. Many houses once valued at well over $250,000 are rapidly falling into disrepair and blight. Properties are as abandoned as former residents feel, complaining that  Plaquemines Parish, the State and Federal government has done little to nothing to help them fight for their rights.  <br />
Photo; Charlie Varley
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  • 23 August 2013. Braithwaite, Louisiana.<br />
Hurricane Isaac 1 year later. <br />
The predominantly white upper middle class neighborhood of Braithwaite Park, established in 1936 remains eerie and abandoned as residents failed to return following the flooding and subsequent chemical spill from nearby Stolthaven chemical storage facility.  Insurance companies have often refused to pay residents the full value on their policies and many are now in litigation. Many houses once valued at well over $250,000 are rapidly falling into disrepair and blight. Properties are as abandoned as former residents feel, complaining that  Plaquemines Parish, the State and Federal government has done little to nothing to help them fight for their rights.  <br />
Photo; Charlie Varley
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  • 23 August 2013. Braithwaite, Louisiana.<br />
Hurricane Isaac 1 year later. <br />
The predominantly white upper middle class neighborhood of Braithwaite Park, established in 1936 remains eerie and abandoned as residents failed to return following the flooding and subsequent chemical spill from nearby Stolthaven chemical storage facility.  Insurance companies have often refused to pay residents the full value on their policies and many are now in litigation. Many houses once valued at well over $250,000 are rapidly falling into disrepair and blight. Properties are as abandoned as former residents feel, complaining that  Plaquemines Parish, the State and Federal government has done little to nothing to help them fight for their rights.  <br />
Photo; Charlie Varley
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  • 23 August 2013. Braithwaite, Louisiana.<br />
Hurricane Isaac 1 year later. <br />
The predominantly white upper middle class neighborhood of Braithwaite Park, established in 1936 remains eerie and abandoned as residents failed to return following the flooding and subsequent chemical spill from nearby Stolthaven chemical storage facility.  Insurance companies have often refused to pay residents the full value on their policies and many are now in litigation. Many houses once valued at well over $250,000 are rapidly falling into disrepair and blight. Properties are as abandoned as former residents feel, complaining that  Plaquemines Parish, the State and Federal government has done little to nothing to help them fight for their rights.  <br />
Photo; Charlie Varley
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  • 23 August 2013. Braithwaite, Louisiana.<br />
Hurricane Isaac 1 year later. <br />
The predominantly white upper middle class neighborhood of Braithwaite Park, established in 1936 remains eerie and abandoned as residents failed to return following the flooding and subsequent chemical spill from nearby Stolthaven chemical storage facility.  Insurance companies have often refused to pay residents the full value on their policies and many are now in litigation. Many houses once valued at well over $250,000 are rapidly falling into disrepair and blight. Properties are as abandoned as former residents feel, complaining that  Plaquemines Parish, the State and Federal government has done little to nothing to help them fight for their rights.  <br />
Photo; Charlie Varley
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  • 23 August 2013. Braithwaite, Louisiana.<br />
Hurricane Isaac 1 year later. <br />
The predominantly white upper middle class neighborhood of Braithwaite Park, established in 1936 remains eerie and abandoned as residents failed to return following the flooding and subsequent chemical spill from nearby Stolthaven chemical storage facility.  Insurance companies have often refused to pay residents the full value on their policies and many are now in litigation. Many houses once valued at well over $250,000 are rapidly falling into disrepair and blight. Properties are as abandoned as former residents feel, complaining that  Plaquemines Parish, the State and Federal government has done little to nothing to help them fight for their rights.  <br />
Photo; Charlie Varley
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  • 23 August 2013. Braithwaite, Louisiana.<br />
Hurricane Isaac 1 year later. <br />
The predominantly white upper middle class neighborhood of Braithwaite Park, established in 1936 remains eerie and abandoned as residents failed to return following the flooding and subsequent chemical spill from nearby Stolthaven chemical storage facility.  Insurance companies have often refused to pay residents the full value on their policies and many are now in litigation. Many houses once valued at well over $250,000 are rapidly falling into disrepair and blight. Properties are as abandoned as former residents feel, complaining that  Plaquemines Parish, the State and Federal government has done little to nothing to help them fight for their rights.  <br />
Photo; Charlie Varley
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  • 23 August 2013. Braithwaite, Louisiana.<br />
Hurricane Isaac 1 year later. <br />
The predominantly white upper middle class neighborhood of Braithwaite Park, established in 1936 remains eerie and abandoned as residents failed to return following the flooding and subsequent chemical spill from nearby Stolthaven chemical storage facility.  Insurance companies have often refused to pay residents the full value on their policies and many are now in litigation. Many houses once valued at well over $250,000 are rapidly falling into disrepair and blight. Properties are as abandoned as former residents feel, complaining that  Plaquemines Parish, the State and Federal government has done little to nothing to help them fight for their rights.  <br />
Photo; Charlie Varley
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  • 23 August 2013. Braithwaite, Louisiana.<br />
Hurricane Isaac 1 year later. <br />
The predominantly white upper middle class neighborhood of Braithwaite Park, established in 1936 remains eerie and abandoned as residents failed to return following the flooding and subsequent chemical spill from nearby Stolthaven chemical storage facility.  Insurance companies have often refused to pay residents the full value on their policies and many are now in litigation. Many houses once valued at well over $250,000 are rapidly falling into disrepair and blight. Properties are as abandoned as former residents feel, complaining that  Plaquemines Parish, the State and Federal government has done little to nothing to help them fight for their rights.  <br />
Photo; Charlie Varley
    23aug13-Braithwaite011.JPG
  • 23 August 2013. Braithwaite, Louisiana.<br />
Hurricane Isaac 1 year later. <br />
The predominantly white upper middle class neighborhood of Braithwaite Park, established in 1936 remains eerie and abandoned as residents failed to return following the flooding and subsequent chemical spill from nearby Stolthaven chemical storage facility.  Insurance companies have often refused to pay residents the full value on their policies and many are now in litigation. Many houses once valued at well over $250,000 are rapidly falling into disrepair and blight. Properties are as abandoned as former residents feel, complaining that  Plaquemines Parish, the State and Federal government has done little to nothing to help them fight for their rights.  <br />
Photo; Charlie Varley
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  • 23 August 2013. Braithwaite, Louisiana.<br />
Hurricane Isaac 1 year later. <br />
The predominantly white upper middle class neighborhood of Braithwaite Park, established in 1936 remains eerie and abandoned as residents failed to return following the flooding and subsequent chemical spill from nearby Stolthaven chemical storage facility.  Insurance companies have often refused to pay residents the full value on their policies and many are now in litigation. Many houses once valued at well over $250,000 are rapidly falling into disrepair and blight. Properties are as abandoned as former residents feel, complaining that  Plaquemines Parish, the State and Federal government has done little to nothing to help them fight for their rights.  <br />
Photo; Charlie Varley
    23aug13-Braithwaite008.JPG
  • 23 August 2013. Braithwaite, Louisiana.<br />
Hurricane Isaac 1 year later. <br />
The predominantly white upper middle class neighborhood of Braithwaite Park, established in 1936 remains eerie and abandoned as residents failed to return following the flooding and subsequent chemical spill from nearby Stolthaven chemical storage facility.  Insurance companies have often refused to pay residents the full value on their policies and many are now in litigation. Many houses once valued at well over $250,000 are rapidly falling into disrepair and blight. Properties are as abandoned as former residents feel, complaining that  Plaquemines Parish, the State and Federal government has done little to nothing to help them fight for their rights.  <br />
Photo; Charlie Varley
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  • 23 August 2013. Braithwaite, Louisiana.<br />
Hurricane Isaac 1 year later. <br />
The predominantly white upper middle class neighborhood of Braithwaite Park, established in 1936 remains eerie and abandoned as residents failed to return following the flooding and subsequent chemical spill from nearby Stolthaven chemical storage facility.  Insurance companies have often refused to pay residents the full value on their policies and many are now in litigation. Many houses once valued at well over $250,000 are rapidly falling into disrepair and blight. Properties are as abandoned as former residents feel, complaining that  Plaquemines Parish, the State and Federal government has done little to nothing to help them fight for their rights.  <br />
Photo; Charlie Varley
    23aug13-Braithwaite005.JPG
  • 23 August 2013. Braithwaite, Louisiana.<br />
Hurricane Isaac 1 year later. <br />
The predominantly white upper middle class neighborhood of Braithwaite Park, established in 1936 remains eerie and abandoned as residents failed to return following the flooding and subsequent chemical spill from nearby Stolthaven chemical storage facility.  Insurance companies have often refused to pay residents the full value on their policies and many are now in litigation. Many houses once valued at well over $250,000 are rapidly falling into disrepair and blight. Properties are as abandoned as former residents feel, complaining that  Plaquemines Parish, the State and Federal government has done little to nothing to help them fight for their rights.  <br />
Photo; Charlie Varley
    23aug13-Braithwaite003.JPG
  • 23 August 2013. Braithwaite, Louisiana.<br />
Hurricane Isaac 1 year later. <br />
The predominantly white upper middle class neighborhood of Braithwaite Park, established in 1936 remains eerie and abandoned as residents failed to return following the flooding and subsequent chemical spill from nearby Stolthaven chemical storage facility.  Insurance companies have often refused to pay residents the full value on their policies and many are now in litigation. Many houses once valued at well over $250,000 are rapidly falling into disrepair and blight. Properties are as abandoned as former residents feel, complaining that  Plaquemines Parish, the State and Federal government has done little to nothing to help them fight for their rights.  <br />
Photo; Charlie Varley
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  • 23 August 2013. Braithwaite, Louisiana.<br />
Hurricane Isaac 1 year later. <br />
The predominantly white upper middle class neighborhood of Braithwaite Park, established in 1936 remains eerie and abandoned as residents failed to return following the flooding and subsequent chemical spill from nearby Stolthaven chemical storage facility.  Insurance companies have often refused to pay residents the full value on their policies and many are now in litigation. Many houses once valued at well over $250,000 are rapidly falling into disrepair and blight. Properties are as abandoned as former residents feel, complaining that  Plaquemines Parish, the State and Federal government has done little to nothing to help them fight for their rights.  <br />
Photo; Charlie Varley
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  • 29 August 2014. Lower 9th Ward, New Orleans, Louisiana.<br />
Hurricane Katrina memorial 9 years later. <br />
L/R; Imaad Mays (10 yrs) and Sidney August (11 yrs) and Yusef Umranilz (12 yrs)from the Martin Luther King Jr Charter High School band say a prayer for victims at the official memorial in remembrance of the day Hurricane Katrina swamped the community.<br />
Photo; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
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  • 29 August 2014. Lower 9th Ward, New Orleans, Louisiana.<br />
Hurricane Katrina memorial 9 years later. <br />
L/R; Imaad Mays (10 yrs) and Sidney August (11 yrs) from the Martin Luther King Jr Charter High School band say a prayer for victims at the official memorial in remembrance of the day Hurricane Katrina swamped the community.<br />
Photo; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
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  • 29 August 2014. Lower 9th Ward, New Orleans, Louisiana.<br />
Hurricane Katrina memorial 9 years later. <br />
Jalil Gioustovia (11 yrs) from the Martin Luther King Jr Charter High School band at the official memorial in remembrance of the day Hurricane Katrina swamped the community.<br />
Photo; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
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  • 29 August 2014. Lower 9th Ward, New Orleans, Louisiana.<br />
Hurricane Katrina memorial 9 years later. <br />
A Katrina survivor takes his dog for a walk on a vacant lot of a home on the 9th anniversary of the storm that devastated the region.<br />
Photo; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
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  • 29 August 2014. Lower 9th Ward, New Orleans, Louisiana.<br />
Hurricane Katrina memorial 9 years later. <br />
Juan Seaton, a Katrina survivor reflects on how he and his family survived the storm on the 9th anniversary.<br />
Photo; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
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  • 29 August 2014. Lower 9th Ward, New Orleans, Louisiana.<br />
Hurricane Katrina memorial 9 years later. <br />
A Katrina survivor takes a seat amidst the remains of a home on the 9th anniversary of the storm that devastated the region.<br />
Photo; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
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  • 29 August 2014. Lower 9th Ward, New Orleans, Louisiana.<br />
Hurricane Katrina memorial 9 years later. <br />
The band from the Martin Luther King Jr Charter High School play outside a newly constructed Louisiana Housing Authority house opened on the 9th anniversary of the storm that devastated the region.<br />
Photo; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
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  • 29 August 2014. Lower 9th Ward, New Orleans, Louisiana.<br />
Hurricane Katrina memorial 9 years later. <br />
L/R; Imaad Mays (10 yrs) and Sidney August (11 yrs) and Yusef Umranilz (12 yrs) from the Martin Luther King Jr Charter High School band say a prayer for victims at the official memorial in remembrance of the day Hurricane Katrina swamped the community.<br />
Photo; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
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  • 28 August 2014. Braithwaite, Louisiana.<br />
Hurricane Isaac 2 years later. <br />
Storms don't discriminate. The once predominantly white middle class neighborhood of Braithwaite Park, established in 1936 remains eerie and abandoned as residents failed to return following the flooding and subsequent chemical spill from nearby Stolthaven chemical storage facility.  Insurance companies have often refused to pay residents the full value on their policies and many are now in litigation. Houses once valued at well over $250,000 are rapidly falling into disrepair and blight. Hurricane Isaac struck on August 29th 2012.<br />
Photo; Charlie Varley
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  • 28 August 2014. Braithwaite, Louisiana.<br />
Hurricane Isaac 2 years later. <br />
Storms don't discriminate. The once predominantly white middle class neighborhood of Braithwaite Park, established in 1936 remains eerie and abandoned as residents failed to return following the flooding and subsequent chemical spill from nearby Stolthaven chemical storage facility.  Insurance companies have often refused to pay residents the full value on their policies and many are now in litigation. Houses once valued at well over $250,000 are rapidly falling into disrepair and blight. Hurricane Isaac struck on August 29th 2012.<br />
Photo; Charlie Varley
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  • 28 August 2014. Braithwaite, Louisiana.<br />
Hurricane Isaac 2 years later. <br />
Storms don't discriminate. The once predominantly white middle class neighborhood of Braithwaite Park, established in 1936 remains eerie and abandoned as residents failed to return following the flooding and subsequent chemical spill from nearby Stolthaven chemical storage facility.  Insurance companies have often refused to pay residents the full value on their policies and many are now in litigation. Houses once valued at well over $250,000 are rapidly falling into disrepair and blight. Hurricane Isaac struck on August 29th 2012.<br />
Photo; Charlie Varley
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  • 28 August 2014. Braithwaite, Louisiana.<br />
Hurricane Isaac 2 years later. <br />
Storms don't discriminate. The once predominantly white middle class neighborhood of Braithwaite Park, established in 1936 remains eerie and abandoned as residents failed to return following the flooding and subsequent chemical spill from nearby Stolthaven chemical storage facility.  Insurance companies have often refused to pay residents the full value on their policies and many are now in litigation. Houses once valued at well over $250,000 are rapidly falling into disrepair and blight. Hurricane Isaac struck on August 29th 2012.<br />
Photo; Charlie Varley
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  • 28 August 2014. Braithwaite, Louisiana.<br />
Hurricane Isaac 2 years later. <br />
Storms don't discriminate. The once predominantly white middle class neighborhood of Braithwaite Park, established in 1936 remains eerie and abandoned as residents failed to return following the flooding and subsequent chemical spill from nearby Stolthaven chemical storage facility.  Insurance companies have often refused to pay residents the full value on their policies and many are now in litigation. Houses once valued at well over $250,000 are rapidly falling into disrepair and blight. Hurricane Isaac struck on August 29th 2012.<br />
Photo; Charlie Varley
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  • 28 August 2014. Braithwaite, Louisiana.<br />
Hurricane Isaac 2 years later. <br />
Storms don't discriminate. The once predominantly white middle class neighborhood of Braithwaite Park, established in 1936 remains eerie and abandoned as residents failed to return following the flooding and subsequent chemical spill from nearby Stolthaven chemical storage facility.  Insurance companies have often refused to pay residents the full value on their policies and many are now in litigation. Houses once valued at well over $250,000 are rapidly falling into disrepair and blight. Hurricane Isaac struck on August 29th 2012.<br />
Photo; Charlie Varley
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  • 28 August 2014. Braithwaite, Louisiana.<br />
Hurricane Isaac 2 years later. <br />
Storms don't discriminate. The once predominantly white middle class neighborhood of Braithwaite Park, established in 1936 remains eerie and abandoned as residents failed to return following the flooding and subsequent chemical spill from nearby Stolthaven chemical storage facility.  Insurance companies have often refused to pay residents the full value on their policies and many are now in litigation. Houses once valued at well over $250,000 are rapidly falling into disrepair and blight. Hurricane Isaac struck on August 29th 2012.<br />
Photo; Charlie Varley
    28aug14-Braithwaite017.JPG
  • 28 August 2014. Braithwaite, Louisiana.<br />
Hurricane Isaac 2 years later. <br />
Storms don't discriminate. The once predominantly white middle class neighborhood of Braithwaite Park, established in 1936 remains eerie and abandoned as residents failed to return following the flooding and subsequent chemical spill from nearby Stolthaven chemical storage facility.  Insurance companies have often refused to pay residents the full value on their policies and many are now in litigation. Houses once valued at well over $250,000 are rapidly falling into disrepair and blight. Hurricane Isaac struck on August 29th 2012.<br />
Photo; Charlie Varley
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  • 28 August 2014. Braithwaite, Louisiana.<br />
Hurricane Isaac 2 years later. <br />
Keeping up appearances.  Russell Gelvin cuts the grass. The predominantly white middle class neighborhood of Braithwaite Park, established in 1936 remains  abandoned as residents failed to return following the flooding and subsequent chemical spill from nearby Stolthaven chemical storage facility.  Insurance companies have often refused to pay residents the full value on their policies and many are now in litigation. Houses once valued at well over $250,000 are rapidly falling into disrepair and blight. Parish ordinances require owners of the abandoned homes to maintain the empty properties. Hurricane Isaac hit on August 29th, 2012.<br />
Photo; Charlie Varley
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  • 28 August 2014. Braithwaite, Louisiana.<br />
Hurricane Isaac 2 years later. <br />
Storms don't discriminate. The once predominantly white middle class neighborhood of Braithwaite Park, established in 1936 remains eerie and abandoned as residents failed to return following the flooding and subsequent chemical spill from nearby Stolthaven chemical storage facility.  Insurance companies have often refused to pay residents the full value on their policies and many are now in litigation. Houses once valued at well over $250,000 are rapidly falling into disrepair and blight. Hurricane Isaac struck on August 29th 2012.<br />
Photo; Charlie Varley
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  • 28 August 2014. Braithwaite, Louisiana.<br />
Hurricane Isaac 2 years later. <br />
Storms don't discriminate. The once predominantly white middle class neighborhood of Braithwaite Park, established in 1936 remains eerie and abandoned as residents failed to return following the flooding and subsequent chemical spill from nearby Stolthaven chemical storage facility.  Insurance companies have often refused to pay residents the full value on their policies and many are now in litigation. Houses once valued at well over $250,000 are rapidly falling into disrepair and blight. Hurricane Isaac struck on August 29th 2012.<br />
Photo; Charlie Varley
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  • 28 August 2014. Braithwaite, Louisiana.<br />
Hurricane Isaac 2 years later. <br />
Storms don't discriminate. The once predominantly white middle class neighborhood of Braithwaite Park, established in 1936 remains eerie and abandoned as residents failed to return following the flooding and subsequent chemical spill from nearby Stolthaven chemical storage facility.  Insurance companies have often refused to pay residents the full value on their policies and many are now in litigation. Houses once valued at well over $250,000 are rapidly falling into disrepair and blight. Hurricane Isaac struck on August 29th 2012.<br />
Photo; Charlie Varley
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