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It was pretty astonishing to see the damage and empty buildings that we saw on the drive in from the airport, even this far after the event.
I was not at all surprised to see that Bourbon street was still the same hot, sticky, smelly, and sophomoric environment with lots of booze and bad judgement all around... fun, but in VERY small doses.