14 Pictures From The Louisiana Flood The Mainstream Media Missed
As the water has slowly receded and thousands of Louisianians are now faced with having to start over their lives from scratch, it’s certainly a difficult time in our state. To put salt on the wound, it felt like a lot of the major news sources from around the country weren’t focusing on the real human suffering that has happened from this storm.
Luckily, we have a team of truly amazing photographers that have gotten to work commemorating and sharing the stories of those who are now working to rebuild their lives. The group of Collin Richie, Frank McMains, David Morris, Kristin Basilica, and Daniel Jones did some video segments and created a Facebook Page, Humans of the Water. They captured some heartbreaking and beautiful moments of the flood recovery. Here are just a few of their pictures:
This couple had recently moved from San Antonio to Baton Rouge. "When you lose everything, it puts what's important into perspective. When we came here, we wanted to start over....Now it looks like we have to."
Signs pop up around these two young friends, asking people to leave their belongings in the yard, residents fear getting shorted by FEMA if they can't prove their losses. Watson, LA.
Some don't realize the level of devastation that occurs when your house takes 3-4 feet of water. This is what it looks like after clean up is well underway.
His father said, "Today we're going to call it an early day so that Aiden can celebrate his birthday, because not even this flood should get in the way of that."
After a little small talk, I was walking back to my car, he turned around and quietly said "....helluva thing wasn't it?" and went back to hammering. Baker, LA.
a native of New Orleans, came to Baton Rouge to help with the relief. "We see similarities with Katrina here, all of the debris. Being a combat veteran it looks like a disaster." Denham Springs, LA
Both have had an incredible outlook despite losing their business and home. Brandon jokingly placed a garage sale sign in front of all of their belongings, finding humor in the worst of situations. Denham Springs, LA.
"I am supervision, they're labor," he remarks pointing to family members, "I just had heart surgery." Denham Springs, LA.
I feel so grateful to the photographers of Humans of the Water for doing this work of documenting and sharing the stories of those that are still in recovery mode. It’s truly heartbreaking and beautiful. Share below if you have your own photos and stories you want the world to know about.
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Kezia Kamenetz is a native to southern Louisiana and lives in the Marigny neighborhood of New Orleans currently. When not writing about all the amazing things to be found in her state, her central passion is dreams and the wisdom they can offer, which you can learn more about by visiting KeziaVida.com
