What's left after the looting (Photo by Tim Connolly)

An eerily dark Bourbon Street.

Chairs outside the Convention Center.

Another scene outside the Convention Center.

Soldiers wait for the cleanup to begin. It'll be a big job.

It's hard to describe or capture in a photo just how immense the Convention Center is. This photo is looking south from the front of the building. The chairs that people sat in as they were waiting for help go off into the distance of this shot and there are an equal number unseen, to the left.

An understatement.

Media and military on Canal Street.

The edge of the abandoned French Quarter on N. Peters Street looks like a movie set or an Epcot village before the park opens.

There was some looting in the French Quarter.

At Jackson Square, a message painted on overturned stretchers: "No Halliburton Contracts Here." A week later, Bush would address the nation from here.

An aircraft carrier at the Riverwalk where cruise ships usually dock.

More wind damage.

An early morning explosion after the hurricane left this propane storage facility in rubbles.

St. Roch market a little worse for wear.

Back in the neighborhoods.

These photos were taken between September 5th and September 9th in and around New Orleans. All rights are reserved by the photographer and use without permission is prohibited. (Linking in is OK as long as my bandwidth holds out.) Most were taken by me, but there are several, where noted, taken by Tim Connolly.