Our tour of the Ninth Ward of New Orleans:  

Taken from the lift bridge over the channel that separates the Lower Ninth ward from the upper Ninth Ward.

Brad Pit, the actor, has given money or built many houses in the neighborhoods near the levee breach.

This house still has the markings from Hurricane Katrina. After the waters receded, each house was searched and marked with the date and whether there were people and pets inside or not.

Number of the dead:  at least 1,780 souls.

The memorial marks how fast the water rose every three minutes.

At the highest point, the water rose to 17 feet. This memorial only shows the height of the water once it had settled, so it was actually higher than this monument shows.

Memorial includes parts of a house that was flooded.

New houses or brick houses are all you see now. All the wooden frame houses were destroyed.

These streets used to be lined with houses, close together.

There are a couple of boats that were abandoned after the search.

These streets were never even paved????

All that's left of this duplex/ house is the porch. 

This house was searched twice. Once when the flood receded enough to get in the upper story
and again when the waters were down enough to get into the lower level.

Where the neighborhoods used to be.

The draw bridge over the channel is in the background.
The levee wasn't breached until August 30th; two days following the hurricane.

Cody and Jim standing on the new levee.

This is the levy that was breached after Hurricane Katrina.

These are some of the Brad Pit houses.