Edward P Richards - Photography

The storm surge came over the marsh levee from the Gulf and swept across the land, lifting houses and sweeping them across the finger of land until they were stopped by the levee on the river, or, as in this shot, some other obstruction. The road by the house, which is also visible in the next photo, runs along the river levee. If you look carefully in the foreground, you will see a girl's shoe.

These are houses that were floated from their foundations, visible in the background, and deposited about 15 feet up on the Mississippi River levee.

This house was floated off its foundation and deposited on the road by the river levee.

This boat hulk is resting on the land side of the levee on the Gulf of Mexico. The shot is looking up the slope of the levee, which makes it look flatter than it is.

This church was better built and farther from the direct impact of the storm.

The storm surge knocked out the walls of this church, dropping the well constructed roof to the ground.

Hurricane Katrina raised the dead in all of the flooded areas, disrupting crypts and washing out graves. This is a row of crypts brought in to rebury the remains disinterred by the storm.