tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4942719624481214321.post3125257957399067054..comments2024-03-13T12:01:30.303+11:00Comments on Billablog: A Walk Around New OrleansBillhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03412983524190021368noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4942719624481214321.post-42681678995523767872011-03-15T22:14:48.388+11:002011-03-15T22:14:48.388+11:00Ah, good point. I really couldn't tell you. ...Ah, good point. I really couldn't tell you. I'll see if I can find out. <br /><br />I know that my home was done some time around early 2008 and that was a year or so after the US got street view. I've no idea how long it took them. <br /><br />What I do know is that looking around downtown New Orleans and the Quarter these days, you really wouldn't know that anything had happened. You have to look a little closer to see the signs. For instance, there's a 3-storey building across the road from where we stayed that was flooded, looted and fouled. At first glance, it looks like a pretty hip bistro right now, but look a little closer and you see that only the ground floor has been done up and the upper floors remain derelect. There's a really cool second hand record shop on Magazine Street where I could have spent days. They had plenty of Beatles rare editions, but a lot of them had water damage on the covers. It's not obvious, but there are always little reminders.<br /><br />I know that there are areas that have barely changed since 2005, but I didn't see those. I told my hosts that I didn't want to go looking for damage but I didn't want to avoid it either. It just happened that most of the places where we had things to do are very much back to normal.Billhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03412983524190021368noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4942719624481214321.post-91620273476554548242011-03-15T04:58:33.528+11:002011-03-15T04:58:33.528+11:00I ask because they seem to be terribly out of date...I ask because they seem to be terribly out of date and I was curious if their images were pre-hurricane.Miahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17881826389793941197noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4942719624481214321.post-64808421318532373752011-03-05T05:41:44.880+11:002011-03-05T05:41:44.880+11:00If we look that up on google maps will it look the...If we look that up on google maps will it look the same?<br /><br />"Obode" is the word verification.Miahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17881826389793941197noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4942719624481214321.post-5673923807026357812011-02-28T19:08:11.350+11:002011-02-28T19:08:11.350+11:00Oh, wow, cool. I haven't been to New Orleans (...Oh, wow, cool. I haven't been to New Orleans (or, actually, Nyawlins) for years. <br /><br />Laughing at the "looking the wrong way" thing. I've lived in Australia (after most of my life in North America and/or Europe) for a dozen years and I STILL habitually look the wrong way first (I just finish it up with an extra look the right way).<br /><br />Thanks for the tour. :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com