cop with shotgun, sweating doctors, in FQB, 3rd floor Ritz, Thursday post katrina

FoxgloveFlower, on February 14, 2009, said:

Humidity + stress - air conditioning = get me the hell outta here!

It's amazing everyone is smiling. Great pic! :-)

jimsullivan1963, on February 14, 2009, said:

This was taken Wednesday night, the last night we stayed in the Ritz. I am the guy with the soaked blue T shirt. We are in the Ritz "French Quarter Bar", on the couch near the door. We had set up our infirmary here. That night, everyone was confined to their rooms (but us, the doctors), so we didn't see very many patients. We had broken down the pharmacy (courtesy of the Walgreens across the street, with the assistance of the last two cops downtown), with the thought that we would soon be evacuated. Then it looked like we weren't going. So, I had spent several hours trying to re organize the medicines into an accessible system...worked up a big sweat. There was no water, for 3 days by this time. We had lights in this one room when the generator was on. The French doors were kept open, so we had lots of mosquitoes. My partner, in the white shirt, slept that night on the couch, and woke up with 100 ant bites. Sergeant Matt, with the shotgun, protected the building from looters. He was stranded there by the flood, couldn't get back to Jefferson Parish from helping his father at a nearby hotel through the storm, and ended up staying with us. We all thought he was the greatest, so he's at the center of the picture, with his gun. Despite everything, it was a wonderful night.