BOATS ORPHANED BY KATRINA

Boats in the Slidell area, orphaned by Katrina
taken July 2006

I spent several mornings in the summer of 2006 driving around the Slidell, Highway 90 and Irish Bayou areas, documenting boats orphaned by Katrina.
Initially, it was reported that over 10,000 boats where lost, that the boat owners had no idea where their boats ended up.
I thought it'd be interesting to see and show what's still out there, almost a year since Katrina's landfall.

Updated February 2007

This barge came over the levee in N.O. East by the Textron Plant

Here's another shot of it

Another boat in the same area

These two are about 1/2 a mile away from the barge

This is right at the Chef Pass bridge

Same place

A sailboat along Hwy 90 in Lake Catherine

In Slidell, by Eden Isles Hardware

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This sailboat must've been hidden during all of my other treks along 90.
Here's one that recently made it's way up to the road

Seen at Fairview Riverside Park in Madisonville

Here's a link to a story of "Katrina's Marina's", detailing what it's like since the storm

Rats Nest Road, Slidell

Rats Nest Road, Slidell

Rats Nest Road, Slidell

Highway 90, Slidell

Highway 11, Slidell

Highway 11, Slidell

Highway 11, Slidell

Chef Highway

Chef Highway

Chef Highway

Along the levee on Chef Highway

Along the levee on Chef Highway

I had just seen this gator in the last picture

Along the levee on Chef Highway

Boats along Hwy 90 now have this notice on them

As well as this. (taken 9-22-06)

Pearlington, Mississippi (Hwy 90)

Pearlington, Mississippi (Hwy 90)

Pearlington, Mississippi (Hwy 90)

Pearlington, Mississippi (Hwy 90)

Pearlington, Mississippi (Hwy 90)

Pearlington, Mississippi (Hwy 90)

Pearlington, Mississippi (Hwy 90)

Pearlington, Mississippi (Hwy 90)

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Chef Highway

Rigolets Estates

Chef Highway, across from Textron Marine

Originally from Ocean Springs

Chef Highway

Chef Highway

Highway 90-Lake Catherine

Highway 90-Lake Catherine

Highway 90-Lake Catherine
Excuse the bug guts on my windshield

Highway 90-Lake Catherine

Highway 90-Lake Catherine

Highway 90-Lake Catherine

Highway 90-Lake Catherine

Highway 90-Venetian Isles

Highway 90-Powers Junction

Highway 90
East of Slidell

Highway 90
East of Slidell

Highway 90
East of Slidell

Highway 90
East of Slidell

Highway 90
East of Slidell

Fremaux Avenue
East of Slidell

Northshore, Slidell (Pontchartrain Drive)

Northshore, Slidell (Pontchartrain Drive)

Irish Bayou - this boat was pushed out into the marsh and laid down, nose first
I am working on getting a sharper image

Bayou Sauvage Boat Launch

Irish Bayou
This boat must've been recently pulled out of the muck. Note the barnacles all over it.

Irish Bayou

Irish Bayou

Irish Bayou

Irish Bayou
taken thru the bug smeared car windshield

Irish Bayou

Irish Bayou

Irish Bayou

Irish Bayou Truckstop parking lot

Ruined apartment building off Rats Nest Road

Rats Nest Road

Rats Nest Road

Pontchartrain Drive

Pontchartrain Drive

Pontchartrain Drive

Carr Drive

Carr Drive

Carr Drive

Carr Drive

Bayou Liberty

Bayou Liberty

Bayou Liberty Marina

Bayou Liberty Marina

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