The Baytown Sun (Baytown, Tex.), Vol. 84, No. 272, Ed. 1 Monday, September 5, 2005 Page: 3 of 12
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Associated. Press photo/The Dallas Morning News, Irwin Thompson
NEW ORLEANS — In the absence of
information and outside assistance, groups
of rich and poor banded together in the
French Quarter, forming “tribes” and divid-
ing up the labor.
As some went down to the river to do the
wash, others remained behind to protect
property. In a bar, a bartender put near-per-
fect stitches into the torn ear of a robbery
victim.
While mold and contagion grew in the
muck that engulfed most of the city, some-
thing else sprouted in this most decadent of
American neighborhoods —- humanity.
“Some people became animals,”
Vasjlioas Tryphonas said Sunday morning
as he sipped a hot beer in Johnny White’s
Sports Bar on Bourbon Street. “We became
more civilized.”
While hundreds of thousands fled the
below-sea-level city before the storm, many
refused to leave the Vieux Carre, or old
quarter. Built on some of the highest ground
around and equipped with underground
power lines, residents considered it about
the safest place to be.
Katrina blew off roof slates and knocked
down some already-unstable buildings but
otherwise left the 18th and 19th century
homes with their trademark iron balconies
intact. Even without water and power, most
preferred it to the squalor and death in the
emergency shelters set up at the Superdome
and Convention Center.
But what had at first been a refuge soon
became an ornate prison.
Police came through commandeering dn- ,,=0= pivw/ u<»iao ivraiiuug ncs, umn m
vable vehicles and siphoning gas. Officials James Tregler sweeps Chartres Street in the French Quarter, Sunday, in New Orleans,
took over a hotel and ejected the guests.
An officer pumpedI his shotgun at a group die bartenders passed out scrounged I mill- The tribe, whose members included a
Tying to return to their hotel on Chartres tary Meals Ready to Eat and bottled water doctor, a merchant and a store clerk, impro-
. „ . ., \ to the people who drive the mule carts, bus vised survival tactics. Krack. for example,
fins is oui Mock. he said, pointing the dle ub|cs and bawk the T-shirts that keep brushed her dentures with antibacterial dish
gun down a side street. “Go that way.” the Quarter>s economy humming. soap
■ Jack Jones, a retired oil rig worker, “It’s our community center,” said Marcie It had been a tribe of 13, but a member
bought a huge generator and stocked up on Ramsey, 33, whom Katrina promoted from died Wednesday of a drug overdose. After
gasoline But after hearing automatic gun- graveyard shift bartender to acting manager, some negotiating, the police carried the
fire on the next block one night, he became For some, the bar has also become a lids- body out on the trunk of a car.
too afraid to use it - for fear of drawing pital The neighbors knew the man only as
“onu . Tryphonas, who restores buildings in the Jersey.
Still, he continues to boil his clothes in Quarter, left the neighborhood briefly Tribe member Dave Rabalais, a clothing
vinegar and dip water out of neighbors Saturday. Someone hit in the head with a 2- store owner, said he thinks the authorities
P°5rl* >r101Ct J us lln- midbathing. by=4 and stole his last $5. could restore utilities to the Quarter. But he
They may have to shoot me to get me. When Tryphonas showed up at Johnny knows that would only bring “resentment
out of here, he said. ‘ I m much better off white’s with his left ear split in two. Joseph and the riffraff.”
here than anyplace they might take me. Bellomy a customer pressed’into service "The French Quarter is the blood line of
Many in outlying areas consider the as a bartender - put a wooden spoon . New Orleans,” he said. “They can’t let any- .
Quarter a playground for the rich and com- between Tryphonas’teeth and used a needle thing happen to this.”
plain that the place gets special attention. and thread to sew it up. Military medics On Sunday, the tribe of 12 became a tribe
Yes, wealthy people feasted on steak and who iater looked at BenOiny s handiwork of eight.
quaffed warm champagne in the days after decided to simply bandage the ear. Four white tour buses rolled into the
the storm. But many who stayed behind “That’s my savior.” Tryphonas said rais- Quarter under Humvee escort. National
were the working poor — residents of the jng bjs beer in-sahite to the former Air Force Guardsmen told residents they had one hour
cramped spaces above the restaurants and medical assistant. to gather their belongings and get a ride out.
S^°PS' - . r , 1 A few blocks away, a dozen people in Four of the tribe members decided to leave.
Tired of waiting for trucks to come with three houses got together and divided the “Halfelujah!” Teresa Lawson shouted as
food and water, residents turned to each labor. One group went to the Mississippi she dragged her suitcase down the road.
0 - • River to haul water, one cooked, one “Thank you, Jesus!”
Johnny White’s is famous for never clos- washed the dishes. ■ ' ' ■
jng,, even during a hurricane. The doors “We’re the tribe of 12” 76-year-oId . AP photographer Eric Gay contributed to
don t even have locks. Carolyn Krack said as she sat on the side- this•: story. Allen G Breed is. the .IP's .
Since the storm, it has become mpre than walk with a cup of coffee, a packet of ciga- Southeast regional writer, based in Raleigh,
a bar. Along with the warm beer and shots, rettes and a box of pralines. ' N.C.
By ALLEN G. BREED
The Associated Press
In the French Quarter: Holdouts create
survivor ’tribes,’ divide up the labor
I
f
preparing to host as many as
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A look at the refugee
situation in the U.S.
Snapshots of states taking
in refugees from Hurricane
Katrina:
TEXAS: More than 230,000
refugees are already in Texas.
Gov. Rick Perry on Sunday
ordered emergency officials to
initiate an airlift to take some
of them to other states that
have offered help.
LOUISIANA: The Red Cross
says more than 50,000
refugees were in its shelters.
Tens of thousands of hurri-
cane survivors were bused to
Texas.
ARKANSAS: Gov. Mike
Huckabee says Arkansas likely
had 50,000 evacuees in the
state as of Friday and another •
20,000 could be expected. •
TENNESSEE: Gov. Phil
Bredesen says nearly 13,000
refugees were being sheltered
and that number could double.
More than 10,000 people
have gone to Memphis, about
350 miles north-of'New
Orleans.
MISSISSIPPI: More than
17,000 were in American Red
Cross shelters, while untold
others were in hotels, church-
es and private homes.
ALABAMA: Gov. Bob Riley is
10,000 refugees.
MICHIGAN: The state has
offered to house up to
10,000 refugees, a spokes-,
woman for Gov. Jennifer
Granholm says.
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will do whatever it takes to hurricane victims may find
/, shelter inNewMexico.Gov.
Bill Richardson said the first
1,000 evacuees will be
housed at the Albuquerque
Convention Center.
SOUTH CAROLINA: U.S.
Rep. Jim Clyburn proposed
in unused military barracks,
an empty mall and other large
buildings in Columbia.
MINNESOTA: Gov. Tim
in
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'. myself on the doorstep of a
church full of people who truly
cared and wanted to help this
refugee family.
Now, I have high hopes that
the new life we are starting
here will be a good one.
Through this great tragedy, we
will see small and large bless- ing what has happened to our
ings that will come our way. family and friends. But that
We still have to do some- will just have to be priority
thing about our home and three.
the Chamber of Commerce
where I got a list of every gov-
ernment office and business in
town. 1 have been to the Work
Source, a government-funded Pawlenty says Minnesota is
agency that helps people find a preparing to host as many as
job that suits their experience 5'000 evacuees for a year or
and talents I am scnnfino the longer.
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learly 2,000 evacuees arrived,
many as 3,000 others are ,
Refugee:
Continued from Page 1
J his new word confused me.
To me, a refugee is someone
who had nothing, who came
from another country, who had
to be helped for a long time
before they might fit into their
new surroundings.
After one day of grieving my
losses in New Orleans, I decid-
ed that while 1 might be a
refugee, I was not going to fit
that description.
1 ’ve grown up to believe that
1 have a purpose in life, which
is to take care of my family
using my God-given skills.
So I have decided that my
new hometown is right here. It
is time to start a new life.
My first priority has been to
get my grandchildren the
things that they need right now
. and for that purpose, I have
found that being classified as a
refugee isn’t so bad after all.
. As a refugees there are bene- '
fits. Some things are free, but
to get them you have to know
where to go and.be willing to
wait in line but within three
days we had food, clothing and seeking to offer housing for
medical treatment.
But let’s not let this refugee
status make us think that we
could live off of these benefits
forever. ______________
Priority Two is to get a job. 1 NEW MEXICO: Up to 6,000
supply my family with all the
things that are necessary to
begin: a new life and set up a
new household.
So for now I have a busy
new schedule. 1 have been to
NORTH CAROLINA:
to house up to 1.500 evac-
uees at.shelters?
" FLORIDA More than 1,100
npnnip wrc in covpn choltorc
and believing in yourself is the along with 13,500 refugees in
greatest hope for your future. hotels.
■ That is what I want to say to ARIZONA. Ope thousand or
. . . . v more refugees were expected
- • to arrive sometime Sunday,
Within 36 hours of begin- COLORADO: Upto 1,000
ting this adventure. I found refugees will be housed at
i . ,• dorms at the former Lowry Air
Force base.
OREGON: State officials are
working to accommodate up
to 1,000 people.
belongings back in New-
Orleans, We are still wonder-
family and friends. But that
will just have to be priority
agency that helps people find a
and talents. I am scouring the 'U'^HOMA: Buses carryi
newspaper ads and looking for neady 2 000 evacuefes arrive,
“help wanted” signs posted on jn Oklahoma on Saturday. As
business doors and windows.. many as 3,000 others, are
There seem to be plenty of expected to follow.
jobs out there. I was working NORTH CAROLINA:
four jobs in New Orleans, I tAuthhor,t'es s?y t?!yare ready
- feel sure I will find one here, in u°ees at shelters.’
my new hometown, sdon. FLORIDA More than 1,100
You see, I believe in myself people were in seven shelters,
greatest hope for.your future.
other refugees in this town.
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