A Flood of Emotions
The joy and sorrow of Mardi Gras 2006 in New Orleans
by Scott Jordan
March 8, 2006
The Independent
Lafayette, Louisiana
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Being back in front of our old home triggers random memories. One night we had our neighbor Susan Cowsill and her then-husband Peter Holsapple over for dinner. Susan’s brother Barry came over, too.
Susan lost most of her possessions from the first floor of her house in the flood. Peter lived in Arabi and lost everything. Barry went missing after the storm, and his body was found near the Chartres Street wharf in New Orleans four months later. I can still picture Barry in our living room wearing his fedora hat and drinking a 40-ounce beer.
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