1. The blasting of the Birds Point levee in Missouri conjures up 1927 and the blast of the Caernarvon levee in St. Bernard Parish. See the front page of the April 30, 1927 The Times-Picayune for ...
In the weeks and months immediately following Hurricane Katrina, the ubiquity of Randy Newman's heartwrenching song "Louisiana 1927" started to seem just plain mean. It ran as a constant musical ...