Civilization!

NEW ORLEANS, LA — I’ve temporarily “unembedded” from my unit and headed to New Orleans.

I’ve reserved a room at the Hotel St. Marie in the French Quarter and can’t wait till my 2:00 check-in so I can finally take a shower — a nice, hot shower… Ahhhhh.

In the meantime, I’m on Bourbon Street drinking a 64oz vodka and tonic (I didn’t know it was that big when I ordered it).

With the exception of National Guardsmen and their rifles and Hummers on every other corner, life looks pretty normal here — well, normal for New Orleans, though not many people are partying in the French Quarter.

Most of the damage and power outages remain in northern Louisiana, like in St. Francisville, where the Missouri and Kansas National Guard helped clear fallen trees and distributed food, ice, water, and supplies to people.

Check back layer for video. Now that I’m back in the land of 3G Internet, I should be able to upload large files again.

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