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Coleen Perilloux Landry | all galleries >> Galleries >> Hurricane Katrina Was No Lady > Hurricane Debris Turns to Mulch
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20 September 2005 Coleen Perilloux Landry

Hurricane Debris Turns to Mulch

Lafreniere Park-Metairie, Louisiana

Our public officials have made many faux pas during the Hurricane Katrina crisis but this is the smartest thing they have done in Jefferson Parish. This was taken in Lafreniere Park where the soccer fields have been turned into sites for depositing the thousands, maybe millions, of trees that were felled by the hurricane in neighborhoods. There are four of these mulch machines operating in four parts of the Park. Dump trucks line up with their tree loads and a crane takes the trees and puts them into the mulcher and the spew you see coming out goes into the mulch pile. I have no idea what will be done with the mulch (perhaps a Japanese company will buy it for particle board), but it is certainly better than burning it. WAY TO GO JEFFERSON PARISH, you did the correct thing with the tree debris.
I have a gallery on my PBase site titled "My New Orleans". I hope to return to each place and photograph for a gallery titled "My New Orleans After Hurricane Katrina."


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Neal Nye22-Sep-2005 11:45
That comparison gallery would be so interesting. As is this shot here.
Gayle Jenkins22-Sep-2005 05:20
Glad to see that something is going right around here.
Breland22-Sep-2005 00:34
Interesting that Jeff and St John chip and we burn.
Guest 21-Sep-2005 23:48
Looking forward to checking the new gallery out .... :)
northstar3721-Sep-2005 23:21
It would be very interesting!
Elaine (etfitz)21-Sep-2005 23:19
Very smart!
J. Scott Coile21-Sep-2005 22:23
Round the clock work! Hopefully it will go to good use :)
Guest 21-Sep-2005 20:08
wow! that's indeed a lot of mulch
Johnny JAG21-Sep-2005 18:49
Looking forward to the new gallery, and to things improving for you.
Al Chesworth21-Sep-2005 17:24
Thats gotta be the best way, at least it can be usefull.
Lee Rudd21-Sep-2005 17:08
that is going to be one load of mulch! Great idea about the gallery
Zak21-Sep-2005 16:34
The mulch-ness.
nice idea for a new gallery!
Leo Charette21-Sep-2005 16:29
I think that will be a great gallery. A photojournalist style that will have interest to many. Nice shot here.
JeremyGood21-Sep-2005 16:13
Wow, that's a lot of mulch.
Robin Reid21-Sep-2005 15:45
Awesome!