"More than 100,000 homes and businesses remain uninhabitable. More than three out of four residents live elsewhere. More than 5 million tons of storm debris is still on the ground. The power company is bankrupt. Workers are in short supply… Its first -- and so far only -- public school reopened Monday. … Local doctors are operating out of tents.

… The concern for many here is simple, which makes it even more terrifying: Will New Orleans ever be itself again?

… What's more, there is a creeping fear here that the nation has moved on….Financial aid from Washington, once expected to reach $200 billion, has stalled out at about $70 billion."

                                                             Source: Washington Post, Nov 29, 2005
                                                                             Namuel Roig-Franzi and Ceci Connolly

Hugh Ricks, from New Orleans, was one of the best poster artists in the
country. He was traumatically evacuated from a local hospital to Houston
and died on September 16th, leaving behind an 11 year old daughter.
Art4Now is offering several of Ricks' posters for sale, including some
from Jazz Fest and Mardi Gras, with 100% of the publisher's profits
going to a fund for his daughter.

http://www.art4now.com/hughricks.htm

This sale runs til the end of the year.